Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2013 -1:07 P.M. EDT. The Administration released a Statement of Administration Policy last night indicating that if the President were presented with H.R. 2642, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill. MR. CARNEY: Welcome to the White House. Thanks for being here, as ever. [Read More…]
Year: 2013
Chantal to Reach Bahamas, Florida Waters by This Weekend
Source: AccuWeather.com. State College, PA-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports Chantal, or its ghost will cruise the Bahamas and waters just east of Florida by this weekend with rough surf, building seas, torrential downpours and gusty squalls. After bringing the potential for flooding rain and mudslides to portions of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico at[Read More…]
Feeding Galaxy Caught in Distant Searchlight by International Research Team
Artist’s impression of a galaxy accreting material from its surroundings. Image courtesy European Southern Observatory Santa Barbara, CA-(ENEWSPF)- An international group of astronomers that includes UC Santa Barbara astrophysicist Crystal Martin and former UCSB postdoctoral researcher Nicolas Bouché has spotted a distant galaxy hungrily snacking on nearby gas. The gas[Read More…]
Astronomers Witness Birth Of Milky Way’s Most Massive Star
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Scientists have observed in unprecedented detail the birth of a massive star within a dark cloud core about 10,000 light years from Earth California State University-(ENEWSPF)- The team used the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array) telescope in Chile – the most powerful radio telescope in the world[Read More…]
SOLIS Observatory Gives New Insights Into Space Weather
California State University-(ENEWSPF)- Shifts in the magnetic field just above the surface of the Sun lead to liftoff of interplanetary "space storms," according to new results from the Synoptic Optical Long-Term Investigation of the Sun (SOLIS) instrument. The results were presented by California State University, Northridge, physics and astronomy professor[Read More…]
Sun’s Loops are Displaying an Optical Illusion
This photo of the Sun’s edge, taken with the Solar Dynamics Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, shows coronal loops in a variety of sizes. Although the loops appear to have a constant width, like strands of rope, new work suggests that this is an optical illusion. The loops are actually tapered,[Read More…]
Last Piece of the Puzzle for ESA Dark Universe Mission
Artist’s impression of two Euclid concepts. Credit: ESA. UK Space Agency -(ENEWSPF)- Designed to study the enigmatic dark matter and dark energy with great precision, the European mission is due for launch in 2020. Thales is responsible for the satellite and infrastructure and overseeing the integration of all the parts[Read More…]
Astronomers Find Clues To Decades-Long Coronal Heating Mystery
Columbia University -(ENEWSPF)- Drs. Michael Hahn and Daniel Wolf Savin, research scientists at Columbia University’s Astrophysics Laboratory in New York, NY, found evidence that magnetic waves in a polar coronal hole contain enough energy to heat the corona and deposit most of their energy at sufficiently low heights for the[Read More…]
CU Study Shows How Early Earth Kept Warm Enough To Support Life
An artist’s conception of the Earth during the late Archean, 2.8 billion years ago. Image Credit: Charlie Meeks. Boulder, CO-(ENEWSPF)- Solving the “faint young sun paradox” — explaining how early Earth was warm and habitable for life beginning more than 3 billion years ago even though the sun was 20[Read More…]
FBI: Edwardsville Resident Indicted on Child Pornography Charge
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Christopher P. Hill, 54, of Edwardsville, Illinois, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for knowingly receiving child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton announced. The one-count indictment charges that from November 2011 to January 2013, Hill allegedly used[Read More…]
