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Space Technology And Dental Techniques Combine In New Cancer Detector
A new generation of gamma cameras is on the horizon, thanks to a collaboration between the BioImaging Unit of the Space Research Centre at the University of Leicester, the Institute for Cancer Research at the Royal Marsden Hospital (Surrey) and medical physicists at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Dr John Lees, who leads the BioImaging Unit, is... view more... (2004-06-24)
Radio telescopes extend astronomy's best 'yardstick'
Radio astronomers have directly measured the distance to a faraway galaxy, providing a valuable "yardstick" for calibrating large astronomical distances and demonstrating a vital method that could help determine the elusive nature of the mysterious Dark Energy that pervades the Universe. view more (2009-06-09)
Skid Marks in the Galaxy - Astronomers localise galactic particle accelerator
Radio galaxies are amongst the most luminous celestial objects - however, they mainly emit radio waves, not light. These occur when electrically charged particles travelling at almost the speed of light are slowed down, thereby losing energy. Until recently it was not known exactly where the particles reach such high speeds. A group of scientists... view more... (2002-10-16)
GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES HAVE AN EXTREMELY LARGE FUTURE
ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PRESS NOTICE: GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES HAVE AN EXTREMELY LARGE FUTURE view more (2005-03-28)
Scientists bring Space into the classroom
Have you ever searched for water on the moon? Or measured the depth of a Martian crater? Classroom Space is an innovative project from space scientists at the University of Leicester that will provide school children across the UK with the opportunity to tackle these and other exciting challenges. Classroom Space is being launched at the... view more... (2002-01-09)
Cassiopeia A comes alive across time and space
Two new efforts have taken a famous supernova remnant from the static to the dynamic. A new movie of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows changes in time never seen before in this type of object. A separate team will also release a dramatic three-dimensional visualization of the same remnant. view more (2009-01-06)
Light echoes whisper the distance to a star
Taking advantage of the presence of light echoes, a team of astronomers have used an ESO telescope to measure, at the 1% precision level, the distance of a Cepheid - a class of variable stars that constitutes one of the first steps in the cosmic distance ladder. view more (2008-02-11)
Builders of ancient tombs and temples followed Sun and stars
Two studies of ancient monuments in southwest Europe reveal the influence the Sun and stars had on their builders according to Dr Michael Hoskin, a historian of astronomy at Cambridge University. In the Archeoastronomy session of the RAS National Astronomy Meeting at the Open University, he will argue that the orientation of about 30 Bronze Age... view more... (2004-03-23)
International team establishes unique observatory in Antarctica
A team of scientists representing six international institutions, including Texas A&M University, has succeeded in reaching the summit of Antarctica - also a monumental achievement for ground-based astronomy -- to establish a new astronomical observatory at Dome Argus on the highest point of the Antarctic Plateau. view more (2008-02-04)
Space engineers from India work with University of Leicester for first national astronomy satellite
India's first national Astronomy satellite- Astrosat- is to have key components assembled by the University of Leicester. view more (2009-02-04)
School kids get their own research-class telescopes
School children throughout the UK will be able to see the most amazing astronomical images in the sky from the comfort of their classrooms by controlling two, remotely operated research-class telescopes. British Entrepreneur Dill Faulkes and the Astronomer Royal, Sir Martin Rees have today (March 16th) launched the Faulkes Telescope Project - a... view more... (2004-03-17)
Arecibo joins global network to create 6,000-mile telescope
On May 22, Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico joined other telescopes in North America, South America, Europe and Africa in simultaneously observing the same targets, simulating a telescope more than 6,800 miles (almost 11,000 kilometers) in diameter. view more (2008-06-11)
A Try To Revise The Age Of The Turin Shroud Failed
The Shroud of Turin is a famous catholic church relic. Christians consider it as a sacred thing. Authenticity of the Shroud was always in doubt. First it was mentioned in historical sources only in the middle of 14th century and this dating was confirmed by radiocarbon dating. In 1998 three laboratories at Oxford (UK), Arizona (USA) and Zurich... view more... (2002-11-10)
Media Invite - UK joins the European Southern Observatory
To mark the occasion of the UK joining the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and thereby gaining access to some of the most advanced telescope facilities in the world a press briefing will be held at the Royal Observatory Greenwich (ROG) on Monday 8th July at 3.00 p.m. This is your opportunity to hear from the key players involved from ESO, the... view more... (2002-06-26)
Clemson scientists launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions
Clemson University space physicists have traveled around the world to launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions. view more (2009-02-27)
Dutch Minister of Science Visits ESO Facilities in Chile
Mrs. Maria van der Hoeven, the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, who travelled to the Republic of Chile, arrived at the ESO Paranal Observatory on Friday afternoon, May 13, 2005. view more (2005-05-17)
Windy, wet and wild: Victoria Crater unveils more of Mars' geologic past
After thoroughly investigating Victoria Crater on Mars for two years, the instruments aboard the Rover Opportunity reveal more evidence of our neighboring red planet's windy, wet and wild past. view more (2009-05-22)
UBC, U of T team helps solve mystery of starlight's origins
Scientists from the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia have helped unveil the birthplaces of ancient stars using a two-tonne telescope carried by a balloon the size of a 33-storey building. view more (2009-04-09)
APEX reveals glowing stellar nurseries
Illustrating the power of submillimetre-wavelength astronomy, an APEX image reveals how an expanding bubble of ionised gas about ten light-years across is causing the surrounding material to collapse into dense clumps that are the birthplaces of new stars. Submillimetre light is the key to revealing some of the coldest material in the Universe,... view more... (2008-11-12)
Lightest exoplanet yet discovered
Well-known exoplanet researcher Michel Mayor today announced the discovery of the lightest exoplanet found so far. The planet, "e", in the famous system Gliese 581, is only about twice the mass of our Earth. view more (2009-04-22)
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