Sydney, Australia-(ENEWSPF)- A survey of more than 200,000 galaxies made with the Anglo-Australian Telescope in eastern Australia has shown that “dark energy” is real and not a mistake in Einstein’s conception of gravity. The result is conveyed in two papers written by Dr. Chris Blake (Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne,[Read More…]
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NASA Telescope Helps Confirm Nature of Dark Energy
New results from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Anglo-Australian Telescope atop Siding Spring Mountain in Australia confirm that dark energy (represented by purple grid) is a smooth, uniform force that now dominates over the effects of gravity (green grid). The observations follow from careful measurements of the separations between[Read More…]
Cassini and Telescope See Violent Saturn Storm
Thermal infrared images of Saturn from the Very Large Telescope Imager and Spectrometer for the mid-Infrared (VISIR) instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, on Cerro Paranal, Chile, appear at center and on the right. An amateur visible-light image from Trevor Barry, of Broken Hill, Australia, appears on[Read More…]
Radio Telescopes Capture Best-Ever Snapshot of Black Hole Jets
Left: The giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 is the radio source known as Centaurus A. Vast radio-emitting lobes (shown as orange in this optical/radio composite) extend nearly a million light-years from the galaxy. Credit: Capella Observatory (optical), with radio data from Ilana Feain, Tim Cornwell, and Ron Ekers (CSIRO/ATNF), R.[Read More…]
On Biodiversity Day, UN Highlights Social, Economic and Green Benefits of Forests
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2011. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern over alarming deforestation and the degradation of woodlands and urged States to implement the recently agreed international treaty on sharing the benefits of the Earth’s genetic resources, including forests and the natural valuables found in them. “Despite our growing understanding and[Read More…]
NOAA Hurricane Outlook Indicates an Above-Normal Atlantic Season
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. The Atlantic basin is expected to see an above-normal hurricane season this year, according to the seasonal outlook issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center – a division of the National Weather Service. Across the entire Atlantic Basin for the six-month season, which begins June 1, NOAA[Read More…]
NOAA Predicts Below Normal Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center today announced that climate conditions point to a below normal hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific this year. The outlook calls for a 5 percent probability of an above normal season, a 25 percent probability of a near normal season and a[Read More…]
NOAA Expects a Below Normal Central Pacific Hurricane Season
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center today announced that projected climate conditions point to a below normal hurricane season in the Central Pacific Basin this year. NOAA issued its outlook at a news conference today to urge Hawaii residents to be fully prepared for the onset of[Read More…]
Free-Floating Planets May be More Common Than Stars
This artist’s conception illustrates a Jupiter-like planet alone in the dark of space, floating freely without a parent star. Astronomers recently uncovered evidence for 10 such lone worlds, thought to have been “booted,” or ejected, from developing solar systems. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Full image and caption | › See[Read More…]
Fish and Wildlife Service Unveils National Plan to Combat Deadly White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2011. The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today unveiled a national management plan to address the threat posed by white-nose syndrome, which has killed more than a million hibernating bats in eastern North America since it was discovered near Albany, New York in 2006. [Read More…]
