Title: SN 2005hj: Evidence for Two Classes of Normal-Bright SNe Ia and Implications for Cosmology Authors: Robert Quimby, Peter Höflich, J. Craig Wheeler HET Optical spectra covering the evolution from about 6 days before to about 5 weeks after maximum light and the ROTSE-IIIb unfiltered light c...
The SinoSat-3 (Xinnuo-3) communications satellite atop a CZ-3A Chang Zheng-3A (CZ3A-14) Long March launch vehicle was successfully launched from the LC2 launch site at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre at 00:08 Beijing time Friday, 16:08 UT Thursday. The SinoSat-3 communications satelli...
A new study of old rocks on Earth could force a revision of theories about Mars. The results suggest ancient Mars might have been more magnetic than thought, challenging basic assumptions about the evolution of the red planet.
Data from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft have revealed a pattern...
An ancient boulder which has stood on Newbiggin beach for hundreds of years and once featured on a cartoon postcard for the village has been saved from rising sand levels. The origins of the Hunkleton Stone, which lay on the beach close to the former Middle Shelter, is a mystery to many. Some believe it...
Title: Spitzer-IRAC GLIMPSE of high mass protostellar objects. I Infrared point sources and nebulae Authors: M. S. N. Kumar, J. M. C. Grave The GLIMPSE archive was used to obtain 3.6--8.0micron, point source photometry and images for 381 massive protostellar candidates lying in the Galactic mid...
The Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory will be open to the public for summer stargazing starting June 2. The open house takes place Saturday evenings, 8:30 - 11 p.m., during June, July, and August, ending on August 25. An astronomer will be on hand to answer questions and enable telescope viewing. [ur...
Evidence for an awesome upheaval in a massive galaxy cluster was discovered in an image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The origin of a bright arc of ferociously hot gas extending over two million light years requires one of the most energetic events ever detected. The cluster of galaxies...
Historical Meridian Stones on Nantucket & Elsewhere The pair of marble obelisks located in downtown Nantucket and known as "Meridian Stones" is probably the most enigmatic historical monument on Nantucket. The inscriptions engraved on them state: "Northern (South...
Norwegian company Nammo Raufoss has launched a 10m-long hybrid test rocket from the Andoya range in Norway. The launch is the outcome of a research programme undertaken in conjunction with Lockheed Ma...
A mundane act became extraordinary event for Evelyn Bolton yesterday. Around 1 a.m., Bolton and her daughter were taking the garbage out at their northside home when they saw an intense light appear and then disappear in the night sky. "Our eyes hurt from the light" - Evelyn Bolton , descr...
NASA has released images of the Earth generated by its "Blue Marble: Next Generation" technology, which has allowed the space agency to create some of the most detailed observations ever made of the world.
The new imagery provides a detailed look at an entire year in the life of the planet....
A possible magnitude 15.7, supernova (2007cj) was discovered on the 3rd May by the Lulin Observatory Found in IC 2531 in the constellation Antila. The possible supernova is located 1".1 east and 0".3 south of the centre of IC 2531. The type is unknown. Position(2000): R.A. = 09h59m55s....
Big Red - The Worlds Fastest University Supercomputer You can hear the hum of electricity as you approach. As you enter the room that houses the computer the sound of the water-cooled fans that keep this beast of a machine at a reasonable operating temperature are reminiscent of a jet taking off. [url...
The lost stone circle at Winterbourne Bassett A lunchtime talk will be held at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum on Wednesday, 12 September, 2007. The illustrated talk by Jim Gunter, Trustee and Chair of the Society's Archaeology Field Group, is about the 'lost' stone circle at Winterbourne Bassett....
When India sends its proposed moon mission in 2011, it will have a unique robot developed indigenously by student-engineers and their professors at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kanpur. The 'SmartNav' robot being developed for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will h...
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