Title: Initial Data Release from the INT Photometric H-alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) Authors: E. A. Gonzalez-Solares, N. A. Walton, R. Greimel, J. E. Drew, M. J. Irwin, S. E. Sale, K. Andrews, A. Aungwerojwit, M. J. Barlow, E. van den Besselaar, R. L. M. Corradi, B. T. Gaensicke...
The 2007 hurricane season may be over but that has not stopped a new storm from forming. Scientists at the National Hurricane Center in Miami last night announced the formation of subtropical storm Olga near Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. [url=http://www.hardbeatnews.com/editor/RTE/my_...
Title: The G-dwarf problem in the Galaxy Authors: R. Caimmi (Version v2) The empirical differential metallicity distribution (EDMD) is deduced for (i) local thick disk stars; (ii) likely metal-weak thick disk stars; (iii) chemically selected local G dwarfs, with the corrections performed in o...
Title: A Possible Orbital Solution For The Triple Star WDS 18253+4846 Authors: Bojan Novakovic (Version v2) We present here the orbital elements for the pair BC of visual binary star WDS 18253+4846 (ADS 11344 = HD 170109) and ephemerides for the period 2008-2014. As the orbital elements of pair AB a...
Astronomers throughout the UK now have a valuable new research tool at their disposal which may lead to new discoveries and improved understanding of the physics of the Universe.
Launched this week, AstroGrid provides a unique way of accessing, processing and storing astronomical dat...
In what could provide India greater strategic depth, the government on Wednesday announced its plan to develop 6,000-km range Agni-IV missile which will be capable of destroying targets deep in China. The announcement is seen as a move to send out strong signals to countries in the neighbourhood....
Two researchers have published their recent findings in the July 23 issue of the Geophysical Research Letters.
Their paper is based on data from the Cassini spacecraft radio and plasma wave science instrument. Their study investigates sounds that are not just eerie, but also descriptive of a ph...
A dwarf star with a surprisingly magnetic personality and a huge hot spot covering half its surface area is showing astronomers that life as a cool dwarf is not necessarily as simple and quiet as they once assumed. Simultaneous observations made by four of the most powerful Earth- and space-based te...
GOES-12 Anomaly On Tuesday 4 December, 2007, the GOES-12 (GOES-East) weather satellite experienced an anomaly in its attitude following a scheduled North-South station keeping manoeuvre. On Wednesday (2007-12-05) GOES-10 replaced GOES-12 as the GOES-East satellite. CLASS is now using GOE...
Geography and historical climate change may have both played a major role in gorilla evolutionary diversification, according to a new genetic study by Cardiff University and the University of New Orleans. The collaborative School of Biosciences study shows that the genetic composition of gori...
A Russian Raduga 1 - 8 (Globus N18) secret military satellite aboard a Proton K / Energiya Blok DM-2 rocket is scheduled to launch from LC81R at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 00:16 GMT, December 9th, 2007. The 2000 kg geosynchronous communications relay satellite was built by NPO PM - R...
Title: Detection of an intergalactic meteor particle with the 6-m telescope Authors: V.L. Afanasiev (1), V.V. Kalenichenko (2), I.D. Karachentsev (1) ((1) Special Astrophysical Observatory Russian Academy of Sciences (2) Astronomical Observatory, Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University) On Jul...
"The Physics of the Big Bang" will be the subject of a free public talk from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday on the mezzanine floor of the Cottage Bakery and Café, 14 S. Linn St. Vincent Rodgers, professor in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy...
Asteroid 2007 VD184 is to make a close flyby (7.8 LD) of the Earth moon system on the 9th December, 2007. The 95 metre asteroid will appear as a magnitude 18 star, and have a relative velocity of 6.73km/seconds. pre>Orbital elements: 2007 VD184 Earth MOID = 0.0008 AU Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT...
Ancient written texts from the Middle East may reveal that the use of biological weapons dates back more than 3300 years, according to a new review. The historical documents hint that the Hittites whose empire stretched from modern-day Turkey to northern Syria sent diseased rams to their enemies t...
