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…]
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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…]
President Obama Grants Pardons
WASHINGTON – Today President Barack Obama granted pardons to the following eight individuals: Randy Eugene Dyer – Burien, Wash.Offense: Conspiracy to import marijuana (hashish), 21 U.S.C. § 963; conspiracy to remove baggage from the custody and control of the U.S. Customs Service and convey false information concerning an attempt[Read More…]
Remarks by the President, CIA Director Leon Panetta, and DNI Director James Clapper to the Intelligence Community at CIA Headquarters
Langley, VA–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2011 – 2:55 P.M. EDT DIRECTOR CLAPPER: Mr. President, Director Panetta, and members of the intelligence community, both those who are here and those connected electronically: Recently, I received an email from a former student of mine at Georgetown who lost his wife at the World Trade Center. [Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, May 20, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2011 – 2:27 P.M. EDT. See below for an answer to a question (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up. MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for waiting. We pushed the briefing back, obviously, to allow for the[Read More…]
International Atomic Energy Agency Briefing on Fukushima Nuclear Accident For Period 12 – 18 May 2011
Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2011 (UPDATE 17:00 UTC). Presentations: → Summary of Reactor Status: Unit 1, 18 May 2011 → Summary of Reactor Status: Unit 2, 18 May 2011 → Summary of Reactor Status: Unit 3, 18 May 2011 → Summary of Reactor Status: Unit 4, 18 May 2011 On Friday,[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Mark C. Toner, May 20, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing NORTH KOREA Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Robert King and USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Jon Brause Travel to North Korea / Assess Food Security Needs / Meet with North Korean Officials Consular Access to U.S. Citizen Eddie Jun SUDAN[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…]
NTSB Investigating Air Traffic Incident at O’Hare
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2011. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating an air traffic control incident involving two regional jets that occurred on Monday, May 16, 2011 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. At approximately 9:35 am (CDT), ExpressJet Airlines flight 6075, an Embraer ERJ-145, was cleared for takeoff on runway[Read More…]
