Archive for February, 2011
Alastair Reynolds: The Moral Universe – Locus Online
Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Locus Online Alastair Reynolds: The Moral Universe Locus Online I don't feel limited by saying I'm writing science fiction; I feel liberated by it. Though I was a space scientist and I got a PhD in Astronomy , now I'm as likely to read something about brain science or genetics or particle physics as I am about the …
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Uni slammed over cuts – Glasgow Evening Times
Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Uni slammed over cuts Glasgow Evening Times And he said that without the work of the Department of Adult and Continuing Education he would not have been able to pursue his career in astronomy . Professor Brown said: “Had DACE not existed in 1963, I would not be what I am
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Adult education stimulates the mind and expands knowledge – Herald Scotland
Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Adult education stimulates the mind and expands knowledge Herald Scotland At 16 I trekked weekly from a very modest family home in Dumbarton to Paisley Museum where Profs Archie Roy (the ultimate veteran DACE lecturer) and the late Mike Ovenden were teaching a DACE astronomy class. That and Coats Observatory and Patrick …
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Arts Diary: First job for the new £60k PR boss at Creative Scotland? Placate … – Scotsman
Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Arts Diary: First job for the new £60k PR boss at Creative Scotland? Placate ..
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Aurora borealis sightings expected in Britain – Wired.co.uk
Posted on 17. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Telegraph.co.uk Aurora borealis sightings expected in Britain Wired.co.uk The flare — recorded by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on 13 February — was emitted from rapidly-growing sunspot 1158 which astronomers estimate to now be the size of Jupiter. The category M6.6 flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (an ..
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Stellar spirals throw up new clues on galactic evolution – Cambridge Network
Posted on 17. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Cambridge Network Stellar spirals throw up new clues on galactic evolution Cambridge Network … with the potential to apply this understanding to the formation of spiral galaxies throughout the Universe.” Dr.
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Galaxy of data aids Milky Way research – Cambridge News
Posted on 15. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Galaxy of data aids Milky Way research Cambridge News It will allow astronomers to analyse an area that formed relatively early in Andromeda's evolution, enabling them to look more closely at how galaxies form. This cannot be easily done in our own galaxy, because the equivalent part of the Milky Way is … and more
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Scottish universities to build planet mass hunter – ZDNet UK
Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by admin.
The Guardian Scottish universities to build planet mass hunter ZDNet UK Astronomers in Scotland have secured funding to build an instrument in a hunt for Earth-like planets. Researchers from the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh will join a project … Queen's University joins new search for Earth-like planets EurekAlert (press release) Edinburgh scientists behind the Kepler space project The Guardian Staring into space Independent Online all 44 news articles
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Funding burst for LJMU Gamma Ray research – Liverpool John Moores University
Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Funding burst for LJMU Gamma Ray research Liverpool John Moores University The goal of the proposed project is to produce world-leading science of international impact in the most rapidly moving area of astronomy yet established. As their name suggests, GRBs produce brief but intense flashes of high-energy gamma rays …
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Museums Open Doors to the Digital Age – The Wharf
Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by admin.
The Wharf Museums Open Doors to the Digital Age The Wharf The astronomy centre will still be free as will the National Maritime Museum but visitors wanting to see the Meridian Line and Flamsteed House will pay £10.
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