A recent theoretical work of RÈza Samadi and its co-authors at Paris Observatory supplements and reinforces the theory of stochastic excitation of star vibrations. This process was generalized to a […]
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House Science Committee, Democratic Membership Mail address: Office Location: 2320 Rayburn House Office Building 394 Ford House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 fax: 202/225-3895 202/225-6375 staff contact: Mark Harkins 202/226-8324 […]
Astronomers scramble to use INTEGRAL
The Call for Proposals to use guest observer time on ESA’s forthcoming gamma-ray observatory has resulted in 291 individual proposals. These represent approximately 323 million seconds – more than 10 […]
NASA Reaches Milestone in Space Launch Initiative Program: Also Announces no SLI Funding for X-33 or X-34
NASA has selected a number of companies to enter into competitive negotiations for the Space Launch Initiative (SLI). As defined in the President’s budget blueprint for the Agency, the Space […]
NSF invites media to visit North Pole station
Contact: Peter West pwest@nsf.gov 703-292-8070 National Science Foundation An international scientific team, including researchers from the University of Washington supported by NSF’s Office of Polar Programs, will establish a temporary […]
Physicists create quantum gas mix of bosons, fermions: Rice researchers stabilize miniature atom cloud, similar to white dwarf star
Contact: Lia Unrau unrau@rice.edu 713-348-6778 Rice University HOUSTON For the first time, a mixed gas of the two fundamental types of atoms has been cooled to a state of simultaneous […]
Rare meteorites rekindle controversy over birth of the solar system
Contact: Mark Shwartz mshwartz@stanford.edu 650-723-9296 Stanford University A new meteorite study is rekindling a scientific debate over the creation of our solar system. The study, published in the Mar. 2 […]
ESA-EC Joint Task Force on European Strategy for Space meets for the first time in Brussels
Today ESA and the EC have set up a Joint Task Force to implement the European Strategy for Space endorsed by the European Research Council and by ESA’s Council at […]
“First Convention of LUNAR explorers” – Invitation to the media – Paris, 9 March 2001, 09h00
Will the Moon be the ultimate travel destination? Can we harness energy from the Moon? How and when can we build a lunar base or a lunar village? Will it […]
Hubble Camera Captures a “Galaxy on the Edge”
small – medium – large – movie An amazing “edge-on” view of a spiral galaxy 55 million light years from Earth has been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The […]