Gamma-Ray Burst Challenges Theory In a series of landmark observations gathered over a period of four months, NASA's Swift satellite has challenged some of astronomers' fundamental ideas about gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are among the most extreme events in our universe. GRBs are t...
Tropical Cyclone George is forecast to strike land in Australia. probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% in about 24 hours probability for TS is 90% in about 24 hours Roebourne (20.8 S, 117.2 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% in about 24 hours probability for TS is 85% in about 24 hours Pannawonica (21...
From now on, customers looking to get the latest add-ons to Windows will have to verify that their copy of the operating system is legit.
Beginning Tuesday, the piracy check will be mandatory for all customers worldwide who want to download add-ons for Windows XP.
The only exception is for secur...
The "2nd Virtual Meeting on Modern Astronomy" is to be presented by the Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory, Ceccano (FR) Italy. The event will open on 14th of May and will last for two weeks. Professional and amateurs Astronomers are welcome to join the Meeting. The Meeting will be in E...
Title: Discovery of a Very Bright, Nearby Gravitational Microlensing Event Authors: B. Scott Gaudi, Joseph Patterson, David S. Spiegel, Thomas Krajci, R. Koff, G. Pojmanski, Subo Dong, Andrew Gould, Jose L. Prieto, Cullen H. Blake, Peter W. A. Roming, David P. Bennett, Joshua S. Bloom, David Boy...
Chaharshanbeh-Suri is an ancient Iranian festival dating back at least to 1700 BC or the early Zoroastian era. The "festival of fire" is a prelude to the ancient "Nowruz" festivities, which mark the arrival of spring and revival of nature. Nowruz, or New Year's Day in the...
Title: NGC 5011C: an overlooked dwarf galaxy in the Centaurus A group
Authors: Ivo Saviane (1), Helmut Jerjen (2) ((1) ESO, (2) Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Mt Stromlo Observatory)
We report the discovery of a previously unno...
Title: The Spitzer/IRS Infrared Spectrum and Abundances of the Planetary Nebula IC 2448 Authors: S. Guiles, J. Bernard-Salas, S. R. Pottasch, T. L. Roellig We present the mid-infrared spectrum of the planetary nebula IC 2448. In order to determine the chemical composition of the nebula, we use th...
Title: Herbig-Haro flows in L1641N Authors: M. Gaalfalk, G. Olofsson We have used the 2.56m Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) to observe two deep fields in L1641N, selected on the basis of previous shock studies, using the 2.12 micron transition of H2 (and a Ks filter to sample the continuum) for a tota...
Researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and the University of Tokyo used Subaru's Suprime-Cam camera to discover an unusual streak of ionised hydrogen gas associated with a galaxy 300 million light-years from Earth. The filament of gas is only 6 thousand ligh...
SES NEW SKIES, an SES company, is pleased to announce that the SES satellites AMC-12/ASTRA 4A and AAP-1 have been transferred to SES NEW SKIES which will now be responsible for all customer and capacity management activities associated with these satellites. The spacecraft have subsequently bee...
Was it a bomb? An exploded gas tank? A blown transformer? Neighbours in the 6000 block of Newlin Avenue in Uptown Whittier felt their homes and cars tremble and heard a deafening boom this weekend that sent them out into the street to investigate. They wondered aloud if it was kids playing with firecra...
This image of the Kerguelen Islands was taken on February 15, 2007, by NASA’s Terra satellite. The Kerguelen Islands are located in the southern Indian Ocean roughly midway between Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. At of about 49 degrees South, the islands lie in the path of the “Furious Fifties,...
APL Rocks! Asteroid Named After JHU Applied Physics Lab The lab that landed the first spacecraft on an asteroid now has its name on one of the sun-orbiting space rocks. Lauding the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory's leading role in several planetary missions, the Internat...
The Russian Federal Space Agency has completed the launch schedule of booster rockets over the next three months.
The launch timetable and the plan for preparing booster rockets and spacecraft was detailed and cleared with the Space Troops HQ on the 21 February.
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