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Asteroid Vesta was well on its Way in Developing into a Planet

Only around 60 million kilometres closer to the Sun than Ceres, another large rock is orbiting in the remote asteroid belt: Vesta. Although its diameter of approximately 530 kilometres makes it a bit too small to be counted as a dwarf planet, it is nevertheless big enough to be the second heaviest and third largest body in this region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

21 Apr 2015

LSST Telescope Construction Begins at Cerro Pachón Site in Chilean Andes

The first stone of the future LSST telescope was laid on 14 April 2015 by the Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, at the Cerro Pachón site in the Chilean Andes. The LSST is the result of a public-private partnership involving several research institutions worldwide, and will be equipped with the most powerful digital camera ever built, partly developed in CNRS laboratories. The 8.4-meter-diameter telescope will shed light on the nature of dark energy, which accelerates the expansion of the Universe.

21 Apr 2015

Possible Explanation for Existence of the Cold Spot in Eridanus Constellation

In 2004, astronomers examining a map of the radiation leftover from the Big Bang (the cosmic microwave background, or CMB) discovered the Cold Spot, a larger-than-expected unusually cold area of the sky. The physics surrounding the Big Bang theory predicts warmer and cooler spots of various sizes in the infant universe, but a spot this large and this cold was unexpected.

20 Apr 2015

First Results from New LBT Exozodi Exoplanet Common Hunt Survey

Astronomers have probed deeper than before into a planetary system 130 light-years from Earth. The observations mark the first results of a new exoplanet survey called LEECH (LBT Exozodi Exoplanet Common Hunt), and are published today in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.

20 Apr 2015

Special Activities to Mark Hubble Space Telescope’s 25 Years

The Hubble Space Telescope — one of mankind’s most successful scientific creations — will turn 25 years on Friday, April 24. To celebrate, the Physics and Astronomy Department at UC Riverside will be holding special activities the week from April 20 to April 24. All activities are free and open to the public.

20 Apr 2015

NASA MESSENGER Spacecraft to Study Mercury Will Impact the Planet’s Surface

After extraordinary science findings and technological innovations, a NASA spacecraft launched in 2004 to study Mercury will impact the planet’s surface, most likely on April 30, after it runs out of propellant.

20 Apr 2015

Dawn Spacecraft Captures Several Views of Dwarf Planet Ceres’ Sunlit North Pole

After spending more than a month in orbit on the dark side of dwarf planet Ceres, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has captured several views of the sunlit north pole of this intriguing world. These images were taken on April 10 from a distance of 21,000 miles (33,000 kilometers), and they represent the highest-resolution views of Ceres to date.

20 Apr 2015

University of Vienna Professor to Deliver Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lectures

It may be too early for Halloween. But later this month a lauded scientist will come to Stanford to discuss an observation Albert Einstein once described as "spooky."

20 Apr 2015

New Quantum Engineering Technology Labs at University of Bristol

The University of Bristol has today launched its new state-of-the-art Quantum Engineering Technology (QET) Labs. The QET Labs will provide unique world-leading facilities, bringing together industrial and academic collaborators to build devices that span numerous areas of quantum technology development from the nano-fabrication of quantum devices to a city-scale Quantum Key Distribution network.

20 Apr 2015

QD Vision Introduces 2mm Wide Quantum Dot Optical Component

QD Vision has introduced a 2mm wide quantum dot optic, expanding the market for the industry’s best color to ultra-slim displays such as LCD monitors, all-in-one computers and televisions. The new Color IQ™ optical component represents a 33% width reduction from the 3mm optic, making it the thinnest quantum dot, full-gamut color solution available today.

17 Apr 2015

Researchers Calculate Physical Properties of Neutrinos Measured at the South Pole

Neutrinos are a type of particle that pass through just about everything in their path from even the most distant regions of the universe. The Earth is constantly bombarded by billions of neutrinos, which zip right through the entire globe, houses, animals, people - everything. Only very rarely do they react with matter, but the giant IceCube experiment at the South Pole can detect when there is a collision between neutrinos and atoms in the ice using a network of detectors.

17 Apr 2015

Moon's Age Estimated to be Slightly Less Than 4.5 Billion Years

A NASA-funded research team led by Dr. Bill Bottke of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) independently estimated the Moon's age as slightly less than 4.5 billion years by analyzing impact-heated shock signatures found in stony meteorites originating from the Main Asteroid Belt. Their work will appear in the April 2015 issue of the journal Science.

17 Apr 2015

Quenching of Star Formation Spreads from Galaxy Cores to the Outer Parts

Astronomers have shown for the first time how star formation in “dead” galaxies sputtered out billions of years ago. ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that three billion years after the Big Bang, these galaxies still made stars on their outskirts, but no longer in their interiors. The quenching of star formation seems to have started in the cores of the galaxies and then spread to the outer parts. The results will be published in the 17 April 2015 issue of the journal Science.

17 Apr 2015

Formamide Biomolecule Detected in Five Protostellar Clouds

Complex organic molecules such as formamide, from which sugars, amino acids and even nucleic acids essential for life can be made, already appear in the regions where stars similar to our Sun are born. Astrophysicists from Spain and other countries have detected this biomolecule in five protostellar clouds and propose that it forms on tiny dust grains.

17 Apr 2015

Alma Reveals Extremely Powerful Magnetic Field Very Close to Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers from Chalmers University of Technology have used the giant telescope Alma to reveal an extremely powerful magnetic field very close to a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy. The results appear in the 17 April 2015 issue of the journal Science.

17 Apr 2015

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Asteroid Vesta was well on its Way in Developing into a Planet

LSST Telescope Construction Begins at Cerro Pachón Site in Chilean Andes

Possible Explanation for Existence of the Cold Spot in Eridanus Constellation

First Results from New LBT Exozodi Exoplanet Common Hunt Survey

Special Activities to Mark Hubble Space Telescope’s 25 Years

NASA MESSENGER Spacecraft to Study Mercury Will Impact the Planet’s Surface

Dawn Spacecraft Captures Several Views of Dwarf Planet Ceres’ Sunlit North Pole

University of Vienna Professor to Deliver Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lectures

New Quantum Engineering Technology Labs at University of Bristol

QD Vision Introduces 2mm Wide Quantum Dot Optical Component

Researchers Calculate Physical Properties of Neutrinos Measured at the South Pole

Moon's Age Estimated to be Slightly Less Than 4.5 Billion Years

Quenching of Star Formation Spreads from Galaxy Cores to the Outer Parts

Formamide Biomolecule Detected in Five Protostellar Clouds

Alma Reveals Extremely Powerful Magnetic Field Very Close to Supermassive Black Hole

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