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College grads who majored in actuarial science or astrophysics have a practically nonexistent unemployment rate.
Read More... Three-day course on AstronomySat, 12 May 2012 03:36:24 -0700
The Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre will be organising a three-day Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics for students studying in classes VII to IX. The programme will be hel...
Read More... A&A special feature: Early results of the GREAT instrument onboard the SOFIA airborne observatoryThu, 10 May 2012 06:56:10 -0700
( Astronomy & Astrophysics ) Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special feature dedicated to the early science results of the GREAT far-infrared instrument onboard the SOFIA airborne observatory. We present 22 articles reporting on the first astronomical results and the technologies used. Among other features, GREAT allows detecting interstellar molecular species not observable from the ...
Read More... Early results of the GREAT instrument onboard the SOFIA airborne observatoryThu, 10 May 2012 08:13:54 -0700
Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special feature devoted to the early results obtained during the first science flights of the airborne observatory SOFIA with the GREAT far-infrared instrument. We present 22 articles reporting on the technologies and the early astronomical results (including the first ever detection of new interstellar molecules).
Read More... OD and SH - two new molecules in spaceFri, 11 May 2012 06:29:10 -0700
(Phys.org) -- The discovery of two new molecules and a detailed analysis of various phases of star formation – this is what the observatory SOFIA can report after completing its first series of science flights. The scientific results are now being published in a special issue of the European Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. The GREAT instrument has been developed by a consortium of German ...
Read More... Our Sun Like You Have Never Seen It Before [Video]Wed, 23 May 2012 13:47:19 -0700
# astronomy NASA just sent me this beautiful video of the Sun. "There's no science behind it," says Scott Wiessinger, Helio and Astrophysics Video Producer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, "but it's very pretty." You got it, Scott. It's also very trippy. More »
Read More... New Molecules and Star Formation in the Milky WayThu, 10 May 2012 01:02:44 -0700
SOFIA, the air-borne observatory, completed its first series of science flights, using the German GREAT receiver.
Read More... Solar Eclipse Dazzles at CaltechWed, 23 May 2012 00:27:17 -0700
Sunday evening's solar eclipse dazzled hundreds of sun gazers who gathered on Caltech's campus to watch the rare alignment, a partial annular "ring of fire" solar eclipse that wowed spectators around the world.
Read More... Ghana launches Space Science and Technology centreWed, 02 May 2012 19:04:28 -0700
Ghana on Wednesday launched a Space Science and Technology Centre, to develop and coordinate programmes in space science and technology for the socio-economic development of the country.
Read More... Private space travel: A new era begins?Sat, 19 May 2012 19:59:14 -0700
On Saturday, a company called SpaceX was scheduled to launch the first private mission to the International Space Station, demonstrating a freight-carrying capability NASA gave up when it retired its fleet of space shuttles in July. (The flight was aborted at the last second after a faulty valve was discovered; SpaceX officials said the launch was postponed till Tuesday or Wednesday.)
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