Copenhagen, Paris, Turin, Wroclaw are competing to host the prestigious Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in 2010. The four cities made presentations to the Euroscience selection committee on Friday 26 January and Saturday 27 January at the International Council for Science in Paris. ESOF10 will r...
Nova Centauri 2007 A new magnitude 8.0 nova was discovered by William Liller, from Vina del Mar, Chile, in the constellation Centaurus. Position(2000): R.A. = 11h 43.2m Dec. = -58° 03'
Every year new meteorites are found on different parts of planet Earth. They travel for millions of years and it is usually impossible to say where they came from - but in just one case Czech geologists think they know - North-East Africa 003 is believed to have originally come from the Sea of Rains on th...
Researchers at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin, Germany, have developed a novel source of extremely short electron pulses. The electron source is based on an ultra-sharp metallic nee...
Title: The early-type close binary CV Velorum revisited Authors: K. Yakut, C. Aerts, Th. Morel Our goal was to improve the fundamental parameters of the massive close double-lined eclipsing B2.5V+B2.5V binary CV Velorum. We gathered new high-resolution echelle spectroscopy on 13 almost conse...
Title; Mid-infrared resolution of a 3 AU-radius debris disk around Zeta Leporis
Authors: M. M. Moerchen, C. M. Telesco, C. Packham, T. J. J. Kehoe
We present subarcsecond-resolution mid-infrared images of the debris disk surrounding the 230 Myr- old A star Zeta Lep. Our dat...
The UK public is being invited to have its say on the future of science and technology. Sciencehorizons, a government funded programme, aims to get people discussing their hopes and fears for future technologies. Their views will then be fed ba...
Jostedalsbreen National Park is an unbelievable mix of forest-covered mountains, sheer cliffs, streams, waterfalls, and continental Europe's largest glacier: Jostedal. These pictures offer a glimpse int...
THE chances of anything coming from Mars... are almost certain, if you ask Terry Pavey from Seaton. Mr Pavey, of Seaton Down Road, was combing Seaton beach three years ago when he found a rock that experts say is a meteorite from Mars. Mr Pavey, born and raised in Axmouth, is a keen metal detector enthus...
A flashing light reported "streaking" through the skies across much of Wales at breakfast time could have been a meteor, an expert believes. The light was first seen at 07:30 GMT, with one eyewitness describing it as a "long line, thicker at one end, bluey-green and flashing"...
Title: Abundant crystalline silicates in the disk of a very low mass star Authors: B. Merin, J. C. Augereau, E. F. van Dishoeck, J. Kessler-Silacci, C. P. Dullemond, G. A. Blake, F. Lahuis, J. M. Brown, V. C. Geers, K. M. Pontoppidan, F. Comeron, A. Frasca, S. Guieu, J. M. Alcala, A. C. A. Boogert, N. J. E...
Title: A deep Chandra look at the low L_B elliptical NGC821: not only wind and X-ray binaries Authors: S. Pellegrini (1), A. Baldi (2), D.W. Kim (2), G. Fabbiano (2), R. Soria (2,3), A. Siemiginowska (2), M. Elvis (2) ((1) Astronomy Dept., Bologna University, Italy; (2) Harvard-Smithsonian Center...
Egypt will soon launch its first remote sensing satellite from a base in Kazakhstan. "We will soon complete the final stage for launching the first satellite for remote sensing and scientific research, 'Misr Sat 1'" - Ayman Desouqi, from the National Authority for Rem...
Title: White Dwarf - Red Dwarf Systems Resolved with the Hubble Space Telescope: I. First Results
Authors: J. Farihi, D.W. Hoard, S. Wachter
First results are presented for a Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys snapshot study of white dwarfs with likely red d...
