Hubble Captures Planet Formation 7.5 Billion Miles From Host Star
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope say they have discovered evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its host star. The exoplanet is under construction about...
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New Book Details How GIS Supports the Emergency Management Mission REDLANDS, Calif., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Enabling Comprehensive Situational Awareness, the latest book from Esri Press, describes the benefits of integrating a geographic information system (GIS) with an emergency management common operating platform (COP). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130617/LA33359) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) The book explains how...
Arecibo Observatory catches the most detailed radar images ever of asteroid 1998 QE2 and its newly-discovered moon as they safely pass our planet. Arecibo, Puerto Rico (PRWEB) June 14, 2013 Arecibo Observatory continues to take radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon as the space rock sails safely passed earth this week. The images show a dark cratered asteroid 3 kilometers across (1.9 miles) with a companion moon 750 meters (2,500 feet) in size. The asteroid and its moon passed 6...
MarketResearchReports.Biz announces addition of new report “GIS Market in Europe And APAC Region 2012-2016” to its database Albany, New York (PRWEB) June 15, 2013 GIS Market in Europe 2012-2016: TechNavio's analysts forecast the GIS market in Europe to reach US$3,323.62 million by 2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing demand from the Government sector. The GIS market in Europe has also been witnessing the development of integrated GIS...
Asteroid mining company announces new crowdfunding goal to enhance the ARKYD telescope with capability to search for alien planets around distant stars BELLEVUE, Wash., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alien planets are out there and Planetary Resources needs your help to find them! That's right, the same high-powered telescope technology being used by Planetary Resources to identify near-Earth asteroids can also be used to hunt for what scientists call extrasolar planets or...
Although scientists have known since the middle of the 19th century that the tropics are teeming with species while the poles harbor relatively few, the origin of the most dramatic and pervasive biodiversity on Earth has never been clear. New research sheds light on how that pattern came about. Furthermore, it confirms that the tropics have been and continue to be the Earth's engine of biodiversity. By examining marine bivalves (two-shelled mollusks including scallops, cockles and...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Sponsored by the International Astronomical Union (AIU), a team of astronomers is working on a technique capable of detecting faint dust clouds around other stars where Earth-like planets could be hiding. This new technology could dramatically improve the odds of discovering planets with conditions suitable for life. "Current technology allows us to detect only the brightest clouds, those that are a few thousand times brighter than the...
[ Watch the Video: Radar Movie Of Asteroid QE2 And Its Moon ] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Near-Earth asteroid QE2 and its moon, which safely completed a fly-by of our planet on May 31, is featured in new video footage released by NASA scientists over the weekend. The movie clip was compiled using 55 images obtained using data collected at the Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, California, officials at the US space agency announced. Each individual...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com -- Your Universe Online Recently, the MESSENGER Science Team proposed names for 10 rupes on Mercury. The International Astronomical Union (IAU), which has been the arbiter of planetary and satellite nomenclature since 1919, approved the names. In keeping with the theme of naming rupes on Mercury, they all bear the names of ships of discovery. Rupes is the Latin word for cliff, which perfectly suits the formations on Mercury. They are long cliff-like...
Mudlsides occur in every state throughout the year. A water damage restoration provider explains what causes them and how they can be avoided. Cleveland OH (PRWEB) June 07, 2013 Restoration Local, one of the leading providers of water damage repair and restoration in the United States, is offering tips to property owners on protection against mudslides. Like floods, mudslides occur across the country and any time of year, and may pose serious threats to those caught in their path....
New Montreal Yoga, New York’s Kwan Yin Healing, and Mississauga, Ontario’s Sun Warrior team up for a four-day retreat in Metis-sur-mer, Quebec, on the Gaspé, including accommodations, activities, and meals, June 28 to July 2. See http://bit.ly/14lOUrD for more information and to register; deadline for reserving beach housing is June 10, 2013. Munnsville, NY (PRWEB) June 07, 2013 What do Holistic practitioners, authors, and speakers do in the summer months while everyone’s on...
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Image Caption: Artistic concept of a planetary system. Credit: Wikipedia/NASA/JPL-Caltech The term Astronomy encompasses a broad range of topics, including the study of stars, galaxies, and planets. In order to focus on the different areas of study, many subfields of astronomy emerge. One such area is the study of planets known, appropriately, as Planetary Astronomy. Observational Planetary Astronomy Even within the field of Planetary Astronomy, there are several divisions to...
Solar cycles: what are they and why should we care about them? Solar cycles are made up of what are known as solar minimums (min) and solar maximums (max). We refer to a solar min at the time when the sun is not active with many sunspots, while a solar max is just the opposite when we see a large increase in sunspot activity. So how long do solar cycles last? Typically they run on what is known as an 11 year cycle from the max to the min and then start over again anew. As of 2012 we...
Planetary and Space Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1959 and published by Elsevier 15 times per year. As of May 2012, the editor-in-chief is Rita Schulz (The Netherlands). The journal publishes original research articles and short communications. The main focus is on solar system processes which encompass multiple areas of the natural sciences. Research that involves planetary and space sciences involves many disciplines. Celestial mechanics is part of these...
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors is a biweekly published peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. As of April 2012, co-editors are G. Aelfric (University of Bristol), K. Hirose (Tokyo Institute of Technology), M. Jellinek (University of British Columbia), and K. Zhang (University of Exeter). This journal focuses on the physical and chemical processes of planetary interiors. Topics covered include planetary physics, geodesy and geophysics. Publishing formats...
Geophysical Journal International is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publish monthly by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society and the German Geophysical Society. The editor-in-chief is Jeannot Trampert of TA Utrecht, the Netherlands. The primary focus of this journal is fundamental research in Geophysics. Publishing formats are original research, research notes, letters, and book reviews. Coverage includes computational, theoretical, observational and applied...
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