eCosmology - October Astrophysics Conference News

October Astrophysics Conference News

News briefing: 3 June 2010 Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 11:28AMThe week in science
Suborbital spaceships spark scientific frenzy Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 1:33PMSpace.com: Reusable rocket-propelled vessels are expected to offer quick, routine and affordable access to the edge of space, along with the capability to carry research and educational crew members.
New Suborbital Spaceships Spark Scientific Frenzy Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 6:49AMAnticipation is growing for new commercial suborbital spaceships that can serve the scientific and educational market.
Atlas launches solar probe with down-to-Earth purpose Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 1:51PMGreeted by blustery weather and deep blue skies, an Atlas 5 rocket soared into space Thursday morning, successfully placing an $848 million satellite on track to probe the sun and unravel its fundamental affects on Earth and society.
How the Earth survived birth Thursday, January 7, 2010 @ 11:02AMFor the last 20 years, the best models of planet formation -or how planets grow from dust in a gas disk -- have contradicted the very existence of Earth. These models assumed locally constant temperatures within a disk, and the planets plunge into the Sun. Now, new simulations from researchers at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Cambridge show that variations in ...
I thought I would give a Monday, December 14, 2009 @ 1:54AMIn reply to Rudd Leaves Island Nations For Dead : I thought I would give a rather topical example of how the "climate conspiracy" works even with just a few people, in this case just a single person, one U.K. scientist and Green Party activist William Connolley. It is an excerpt from an article abut how Wikipedia was manipulated by one of the Climate Gate inner circle, after reading tell me ...
School Notes 11/30/2009 Monday, November 30, 2009 @ 5:56AMAbington Heights For Zia Lawrence, acting is like breathing. "It's my life," the eighth-grader said. "I love acting and singing onstage." To polish her skills, she has joined the Green Ridge Youth Theater and will be taking the stage in its production of
2010: A year of unprecedented construction Monday, October 5, 2009 @ 2:07PMFiscal 2010 will be the busiest year for construction in Stanford’s history.
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 22/9 Monday, September 21, 2009 @ 7:57PMThe Saigontourist Travel Service Company welcomed the Costa Allegra cruise liner at Navi Oil Port in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21. On board are 1,250 foreign tourists and crew members from Italy, Spain, the UK and Germany who want to discover Ho Chi Minh City and the Central region.
Departments slash budgets for outside lecturers Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 11:11PMOutside lecturers will be more scarce on campus this year in light of the $88 million budget cuts, administrators said this week. Professors from other institutions will play a smaller role in Princeton academics, and academic departments may have to adjust their visiting public lecture programs.
CNN - First Rocky Planet Outside Solar System Found Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 10:04PMScientists In Switzerland Say They Have Discovered The First Confirmed Earthlike Planet Outside Our Solar System. But Don't Start Planning A Trip There, Yet. Planet CoRoT-7b Is So Close To The Star It Orbits "That The Place May Well Look Like Dante's Inferno, With A Probable Temperature On Its 'Day Face' Above 3,600 Degrees Fahrenheit And Minus-328 Degrees Fahrenheit On Its Night Face," Said ...