Subaru Telescope, Japan-(ENEWSPF)- An international team led by scientists at the Subaru Telescope and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich in Switzerland used the W. M. Keck Observatory (Note 1) to study the role of star formation rates in metal contents of distant galaxies. What they discovered is that the amount of[Read More…]
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Amateurs Prepare Big-Picture Perspective To Support Juno Mission
EuroPlanet-(ENEWSPF)- Some of the world’s leading amateur and professional astronomers are meeting on 12-13 May to prepare for a campaign of ground-based global observations in support of NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter. Juno arrives on 4th July this year and will investigate Jupiter through a series of long elliptical orbits with[Read More…]
2016 Europe Summer Forecast: Heat To Bypass UK; Storms To Batter Areas From France To Poland
By Justin Roberti AccuWeather Global Weather Center-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports bouts of rain will suppress heat in the United Kingdom and Ireland this summer, while rain and thunderstorms frequent areas from Paris to Berlin and Warsaw. Meanwhile, dry and hot weather will settle in across Italy and the Balkans, leading to drought conditions, poor[Read More…]
Documents Show Massive Regulatory Failures at L.A. Gas Storage Facility
California Oil Officials Retroactively Approved Decades-old Work, Declined to Witness Leak Tests at Playa Del Rey Wells Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- As California lawmakers hold hearings on the safety and reliability of gas-storage facilities, a new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity finds that state oil and gas regulators have a[Read More…]
Study: Government Wolf-killing Reduces Tolerance, Spurs Wolf-poaching
Silver City, NM-(ENEWSPF)- A study published today of the proportion of wolves that went missing in Wisconsin and Michigan over the course of 18 years shows that when “culling” of wolves was permitted, poaching of wolves increased as well; when wolves were protected from culling, poaching decreased. The study accounted for[Read More…]
USW Applauds OSHA’s Rule Improving the Tracking of Workplace Illnesses and Injuries
Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- The United Steelworkers (USW) today praised the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announcement of a final rule revising the current regulation on its injury and illness record-keeping requirements. Under the revised rule, all employers must submit illness and injury reports electronically, with a frequency dependent on the size[Read More…]
DOD Announces Winners of the 2016 Commander in Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced today the 2016 recipients of the Commander in Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence: U.S. Army Garrison Fort Campbell, Kentucky Commander: Colonel James R. Salome Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California Commander: Colonel Sekou S. Karega Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington Commander: [Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Hostage Rescue in Afghanistan
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- I want to commend the U.S. Special Operations personnel and the Afghan special operations forces for the professionalism and skill they demonstrated in the raid this morning in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. In the counterterrorism operation targeting Al Qaeda operatives, the partnered team freed Ali Haider Gilani, the son of[Read More…]
Critical NASA Science Returns to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
NASA-(ENEWSPF)- A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:51 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 11, about 261 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, with more than 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft will be[Read More…]
Nevada Dry Cleaner Owner Indicted for Filing False Tax Returns and Obstructing the Internal Revenue Laws
Nevada-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury in the District of Nevada returned a superseding indictment on May 10 charging a Las Vegas woman with two counts of filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and one count of corruptly endeavoring to impair and impede the due administration of the[Read More…]
