... 2000 February 14 . An Unexpected Asteroid Valentine . Credit: NEAR Project , JHU APL , NASA . ... Friday, to the surprise of many, the NEAR mission on approach to asteroid 433 EROS photographed what appears to be a heart-shaped depression . After NEAR reaches the asteroid today, NASA plans a series of maneuvers to make the robot spacecraft the first ever to orbit an asteroid. ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ...

... The measured gravitational waves match those expected from two large black holes merging after a death spiral in a distant galaxy, with the resulting new black hole momentarily vibrating in a rapid ringdown . ... The featured illustration depicts the two merging black holes with the signal strength of the two detectors over 0.3 seconds superimposed across the bottom. ... Two Black Holes Merge . Advanced LIGO: Gravitational Wave Detectors Upgraded . ... A Step Toward Gravitational Wave Detection ...

... We have been using it to analyze PC images of known gravitational lenses and QSOs which are candidates for lensing (Falco 1993). ... Fig. 1 plots the higher contours of the PC image of 0142 in the upper left, and its power spectrum in the upper right. ... If we fit the envelope of the power spectrum with a binary model, we find that best fit gives a separation of the two components of 1.3 PC pixels or about 58 mas. ... The lower two curves are cuts through the 0142 power spectrum. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 9, 1999 . A Supernova Star-Field . Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA ) . Explanation: Bright stars don't last forever. ... The above picture is a composite of recent images taken over several years. The explosion originated from a bright massive star that ran out of nuclear fuel . ... About APOD > . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... ISS 45/46 . ... check for the following onboard the ISS RS: a capability to demonstrate the action of physical laws of dynamics of reactive and gyroscopic forces on ellipsoid (Letauschaya Tarelka device) rotating in the unsupported medium in microgravity, with video record of its behavior in the station module; . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

Next: Conclusion Up: No Title Previous: The Transmission Gratings . ... The potential of Chandra is illustrated in Figure which shows the official "first-light" image. ... Figure: The official CXO first light image - the supernova remnant CasA. Perhaps the neutron star - black hole connection and the utility of CXO are best illustrated by an early observation of the Crab Nebula and pulsar taken as part of the HETG calibration. ... Figure shows the zeroth-order image of the Crab Nebula. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > I see unexpected boxy emission-like features in my REDL spectra - where do they come from? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... The pipeline by default interpolates across the bad columns in the REDL CCD when it creates the master bias, but does not so when it processes the science data. This inconsistency can create boxy emission-like features as seen in the figure below. ...

... Home Education Astro Answers Astro Answers ? The Big Bang, Inflation, and Latest Results from BICEP2 . ... Astro Answers . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 2: Intermediate Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of those events long-expected by physicists that are nevertheless a significant occurrence which excites the world scientific community as if something unexpected has happened. ... Many rumors leaked ahead of the conference, and the fact that something (that is, a signal corresponding to gravitational waves) was discovered by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) was discussed on the sidelines. ... arXiv:1602.03868 . ...

... I.A.Dynnikov, Three-page approach to knot theory. ... Universal semigroup, Funktsional'nyi Analiz I Prilozhenija, 34 (2000), no.1, 29-40 (Russian); English translation in Functional Analysis and Its Appl. 34 (2000), no.1, 24-32. I.A.Dynnikov, Finitely presented groups and semigroups in knot theory. ... Math. 2000, no. ... English translation: Russian Math. ... A.Vershik, Numerical invariants of exponential groups, and a locally free approximation of braid groups (in Russian), Zapiski Nauchn. ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

... Archives . ... ArXiv] Numerical CMD analysis, Aug. 28th, 2007 . ArXiv] Decision Tree, Aug. 31, 2007 . Aug 31st, 2007| 11:47 pm | ... Once again, the middle of a recent (Aug 30-31, 2007) argument within CHASC , on why physicists and astronomers view ?3 sigma? results with suspicion and expect (roughly) > 5 sigma; while statisticians and biologists typically assume 95% is OK: . ... Category: CHASC , Cross-Cultural , Data Processing , Imaging , MC , Quotes , Stat | ... Chandra Blog . ...

... These are ``quirks'' rather than ``bugs''. Below is a list of quirks. When loading a file and ``Reset Intensity Upon File Load'' is disabled, the intensity range of the previous image will be used. ... When moving between two images (such as when blinking, or when loading a new image), the display system attempts to retain the old image parameters (i.e. zoom box). What is retained are the corners of the zoom box measured in image pixel co-ordinates, not world co-ordinates. ...

... Search . Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Exactly 100 years after Einstein predicted that accelerating masses emit an invisible radiation that makes ripples in space-time, an international team led by US scientists are poised to make a major announcement concerning their search for these elusive gravitational waves . ... Simon Jeffery ( csj@arm.ac.uk , 028 3752 2928), . ... LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory . ...

... Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... First galaxies were born much earlier than expected . ... Using the amplifying power of a cosmic gravitational lens, astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy whose stars were born unexpectedly early in cosmic history. ... However, the newly discovered galaxy has dramatically different features from other distant galaxies that have been observed, which generally shine brightly with only young stars...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . Human Exploration . Robot Exploration . ... Originally Discovery had been set to launch on 1 November, but this was delayed when fatigue cracks were found in the structure of its External Tank. ... A little bit of trivia is that Discovery has actually made the only shuttle-era Christmas time flight to date, this was STS-103 ,€а a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999. ...

... Sun images . Magnetic storms online . Sun flares . Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... February : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 2 February 2015 to 28 February 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . February 15, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... February 02, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) 2 February 2015 - 28 February 2015 . 01.02.2015 . ... Probability of a magnetic storm . ... Probability of a strong magnetic storm . ...

... In Fig. 2 the spectrum of the host galaxy HS1035+4758 is shown, in which typical HII-galaxy narrow emission lines are seen: H 4861, [OIII] 4959,5007, H 6562, [NII] 6548,6584 and [SII] 6716,6731 ?. ... The spectral evolution of SN 1998bv is illustrated in Fig. ... The change of the spectrum between April 6 and 19 with clear reddening shortward of H during these 2 weeks indicates seemingly that the 1st spectrum was observed in the period between the 20th and 30th days after the peak of the light curve...

January 11, 2012 (Wednesday) Tom Schwarz, Fermilab SEMINAR CANCELLED . ... Noon, 472 Willamette Hall . return to top . ... Recent results and an outlook for dedicated stop and sbottom searches will be discussed. 4:00pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ... I will review the measurements done with the inclusive W (and Z) samples, focusing on the W charge asymmetry and the W transverse momentum measurements and their connection with the broader ATLAS physics program. 4:00pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ...

The Russian Parliament will soon consider a bill that would restructure the Russian space program, 35 years after the launch оf Sputnik. ... But the legislation's most striking and controversial feature is a provision that would ban testing and deployment оf space weapons ? including anti-satellite weapons and space-based missile interceptors. ... A draft bill was written by a group of experts within the Moscow Space Club, several of whom now work on space issues with the Russian Parliament. ...