... The chances of the Earth being hit by a comet from beyond Pluto — А la Armageddon — are much lower than previously thought, according to new research by an ANU astronomer. ... I calculate that small comets, capable of destroying a city, only hit the Earth once every 40 million years or so,” Dr Francis said. ... But asteroids and short-period comets come past again and again, so if we’re clever enough we can find them all and predict which, if any, will hit the Earth,” said Dr Francis. ...

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All stars derive their energy through the thermonuclear fusion of light elements in to heavy elements. High temperatures are required so that the mutual electrostatic repulsion of the protons in each fusing atomic nucleus is overcome. ... Elements with more protons in their nuclei require higher temperatures. ... This sequence is now shown in the animation below. ... First Step of the Proton-Proton Chain Narration . Second Step of the Proton-Proton Chain Narration . ...

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Proceedings of the XXVIIth Young European Radio Astronomers Conference (YERAC). Go to: Participants , Group Photograph , Preface , Acknowledgements , Contributions . ... Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory , Cavendish Laboratory , University of Cambridge , UNITED KINGDOM . ... Group Photograph . ... Acknowledgements . Contributions . ...

... V838 Mon is a member of a new class of eruptive variables which appear as a peculiar novae having late K-M type spectra in their outburst. Before its outburst, it was a wide binary system of B3V type stars. ... The B3V companion was seen in the outburst in the UV spectrum taken with HST (Rauch et al., ... In the latest spectra, the light of B3V companion was predominating in the short-wave photometric bands. ... CCD blue frames of V838 Mon before the eclipse (left) and in the eclipse (right). ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Archive of the ESO Enews > ESO-Enews #2: September 2006 . ... Science Users Information . Observing Facilities . ... Phase 1 Proposals . ... ESO Data . ... The Call for Proposals for observations at the ESO telescopes during Period 79 (April 1 - September 30, 2007) has been released. ... The full Call for Proposals and the ESOFORM electronic submission package can be obtained at http://www.eso.org/observing/proposals/index.html . ...

... We present a computer program for modelling energy flux distribution and light curves of eclipsing binaries from far ultraviolet to infrared regions. The Roche model is assumed. Proximity effects of components (reflection of radiation and surface gravity darkening) are taken into account. ... Figure 1: The surface temperature distribution for Algol A-B system before (upper plot) and after (lower plot) correction for temperature due to the irradiation effect. ...

... The storm began quite unexpectedly. The strongest geomagnetic storm for the last seven months began on Earth almost precisely at the same time as the solar eclipse reached its maximal stage, the culmination of which occurred at GMT 02:35 (06:35 Moscow time). ... Oscillations of such amplitude in the magnetic field have not been observed since October, 11th of last year, which is more than seven months ago. ... We can only add that the magnetic storm lasted approximately 9 hours. ...

These images were taken at Moore Observatory in Louisville, Kentucky, and at Mt. Kent Observatory in Queensland, Australia, with Nikon D200 digital SLR cameras. ... 2:10 EDT (Full moon) . 3:19 EDT (Penumbral eclipse underway) . ... 5:22 EDT (Totality 30 minutes away) . ... 5:53 EDT (Totality) . ... Kent Observatory are Copyright 2007 by the University of Southern Queensland and Rhodes Hart. Images from Moore Observatory are Copyright 2007 by John Kielkopf , University of Louisville. ...

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... The ESO Conference "Towards Other Earths: DARWIN/TPF and the Search for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets" (Germany, Hidelberg, 2003), V.P.Grinin, L.V.Tambovtseva,"Dusty disk winds in the young binary systems with the low-mass secondary components" . ... Barsunova, V.P. Grinin, S.G. Sergeev, "Unusual eclipsing system KH 15D: new photometric data", oral . ... Barsunova, V.P. Grinin, S.G. Sergeev, L.V. Tambovtseva, "Photometric activity of the peculiar young stars", oral . ... V.P. Grinin, N.Ya. ...

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... TV research areas include design and building application CCD camera for investigation of nightglow emissions, investigation parameters of CCD chip and camera, calibration camera. ... Lapchuk V.P., Zhuravkov O.V., Ivchenko V.M. CAMERA ELECTRONICS FOR THE CCD FOURIER SPECTROMETER. ... CCD table . ... Photomultiplier tube housings, intensified CCD cameras, Monochromators, optical choppers, photometers, fiber optics ,... http://www.hpk.co.jp/ - HAMAMATSU Photonics Photomultiplier tube and more . ...

... Postgraduate Yevheniia Borhun from the School of Physics and Technology awarded a European Physical Society prize . Yevheniia Borhun, a postgraduate student at the Department of Materials for Reactor Building and Physical Technologies (her academic supervisor is Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine M. O. Azarienkov), became a winner at the International conference-school in physics of plasma and controlled thermonuclear fusion Alushta-2012 that was held in September, 2012. ...

Hipparchus, who used an eclipse of the Moon to deduce the precession of the equinoxes ( here ), used a total eclipse of the Sun --probably in 129 BC--to estimate how far the Moon was. But he also derived the Moon's distance from a lunar eclipse--see here .) That eclipse was total at the Hellespont--the Dardanelles, part of the narrow strait that separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey--but only 4 / 5 of the Sun were covered in Alexandria of Egypt, further to the south. ...