... 2012 November 6 . Methone: Smooth Egg Moon of Saturn . ... Explanation: Why is this moon shaped like a smooth egg? The robotic Cassini spacecraft completed the first flyby ever of Saturn's small moon Methone in May and discovered that the moon has no obvious craters. ... The smoothness and egg-like shape of the 3-kilometer diameter moon might be caused by Methone 's surface being able to shift -- something that might occur were the moon coated by a deep pile of sub-visual rubble . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... 2011 saw 472 Irish primary schools showcase excellence in science and maths. ... The Discover Primary Science and Maths programme recognises the achievements of primary school children and teachers in the application of science and maths.€а Schools registered on the Discover Primary Science and Maths programme can apply for an Award of Science and Maths Excellence after they have met certain criteria for science and maths related activities. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Flights Chronology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . ... ISS 45/46 . ... Missions Archive . ... News . ... News archive . Contribution of RSC Energia to the Russian Rocket-Space Technology . ... RSC Energia: Progress MS-02 docked with the ISS.' ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... November 5, 1997 . The Milky Way's Gamma-Ray Halo . Credit: D. Dixon ( UCR ), D. Hartmann ( Clemson ), E. Kolaczyk ( U. Chicago ), NASA . Explanation: Our Milky Way galaxy appears to be surrounded by a halo of gamma rays . Gamma rays are the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation , with more than a hundred thousand times the energy of visible light, but known gamma-ray sources don't account for the diffuse distribution of this high-energy glow. ... About APOD > . ...

... 13.04.1996 . ... Credit: NASA , STS-37 , Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Explanation: Earlier this April, NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory , completed its fifth successful year in orbit, exploring the gamma ray sky . ... The second of NASA's planned Great Observatories for Space Astrophysics , the first being the Hubble Space Telescope , the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory has exceeded expectations of scientific discovery . ... April 1996 . ... Publications with keywords: Observatory - compton . ...

Next: Publication Costs of Astronomical Research . ... Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing 210008, China, e-mail: library@nanjing.jspta.chinamail.sprint.com . This article includes a general overview of the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) followed by a description of the document resources held in the Observatory Library. ... The predecessor of the Observatory was the National Research Institute of Astronomy in the former Academia Sinica and its observing site, the PMO. ...

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Next: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: Research Contents . ... Solar Variability and Climate . Other Activities . ... Applied to data of flares on Gliese866 he was able to estimate the area of hydrogen emitting flare regions as 1-13% of the stellar surface. ... As partners in the project, Armagh Observatory has been asked to contribute to the selection process in exchange for priority access to the data which will eventually flow from the satellite. ...

... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > MUSE Science Verification Completed . ... Observing Facilities . ... Instrumentation Development . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO Data . ... Of the 86 proposals submitted for the Science Verification (SV) of MUSE , a total of 49 proposals were allocated. ... All the SV data are available to the whole user community, subject to the VLT Science Verification Policy and Procedures . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Pulsars . ... Stars ? ... The array was designed to detect compact radio sources such as these by virtue of the fact that they would scintillate (twinkle) when observed from the Earth through the interplanetary medium ? ... One of Antony Hewish?s research students, Jocelyn Bell, was set the task of operating the telescope and inspecting the daily charts for the kind deflections in the trace which occurred when a scintillating source passed over the array. ...

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... Carole completed her BA(Hons) in natural science and PhD at the University of Cambridge (1991-1997). ... Since 2003 she has been Business Development Manager for CSIRO ATNF, combining business and astrophysics. ... SKA Science: . As a member of the International Science Advisory Group for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) I am involved in developing the science drivers for this telescope. ... SKA Science Case: . ... Kilometre Array" eds. C. Carilli and S. Rawlings, New Astronomy Reviews . ...