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Earth-mass exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri B

Posted by baffa on Oct 17, 2012 - 08:16 AM
European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of the Earth orbiting Alpha Centauri B, the nearest star system. It is also the lightest exoplanet ever discovered around a star like the Sun. The planet was detected using the HARPS instrument on the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.

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ADASS 2012

Posted by baffa on Oct 15, 2012 - 10:15 AM
The 22nd annual conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) will be held on 4-8 November 2012 in Champaign, Illinois, USA.

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Marco Polo-R International Symposium

Posted by baffa on Oct 10, 2012 - 01:00 PM
The Marco Polo-R International Symposium titled Astrobiological and cosmochemical implications of Marco Polo-R sampling of a primitive asteroid will be held at Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 16-17 January 2013.

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Conference on "Physics at the Magnetospheric Boundary"

Posted by baffa on Oct 08, 2012 - 11:58 AM
The international conference Physics at the Magnetospheric Boundary will be held at Geneva, Switzerland, 25 - 28 June 2013

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Linux 3.6

Posted by baffa on Oct 03, 2012 - 12:12 PM
Linux 3.6 has been released.

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Slackware 14

Posted by baffa on Oct 01, 2012 - 05:04 PM
the Slackware Linux Project announced the latest stable release of the longest running distribution of the Linux operating system, Slackware version 14.0! Slack14 feature many improvements and the contemporary release of the Slackware 14.0 for ARM.

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Violation of Heisenberg's Relationship?

Posted by baffa on Sep 19, 2012 - 11:14 AM
As QM can be more subtle than we think, a violation of Heisenberg's measurement-disturbance relationship has been claimed.

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Workshop on "Nature's particle accelerators"

Posted by baffa on Sep 07, 2012 - 09:27 AM
A workshop on Nature's particle accelerators will be held on October 22-25, 2012, in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

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A new lens technology

Posted by baffa on Sep 05, 2012 - 05:48 PM
Applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created an ultrathin, flat lens that can focus the light without the distortions of conventional lenses.

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Conference on Time Travel

Posted by baffa on Sep 01, 2012 - 08:40 AM
The conference The Time Machine Factory will be held in Torino (Italy), from October 14 to 19, 2012. The conference aims to provide the opportunity for debating the views of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics on time travel.

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US Astronomy Facing Severe Budget Cuts

Posted by baffa on Aug 31, 2012 - 10:49 AM
As in many other countries, the US astronomy budget is facing unprecedented cuts with potential closures of several facilities.

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Half a century of X-ray Astronomy

Posted by baffa on Aug 24, 2012 - 09:35 AM
The International conference titled Half a century of X-ray Astronomy, will be held on 17-21 September 2012 at Mykonos Greece

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Second Cherenkov Telescope Array LINK Meeting

Posted by baffa on Aug 23, 2012 - 10:23 AM
The Second Cherenkov Telescope Array LINK Meeting will be held on November 19-21, 2012, at Palacio San Martín in downtown Buenos Aires (Argentina).

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ADASS 2012

Posted by baffa on Aug 22, 2012 - 10:15 AM
The 22nd annual conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) will be held on 4-8 November 2012 in Champaign, Illinois, USA.

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Linux 3.5

Posted by baffa on Aug 03, 2012 - 03:48 PM
Linux 3.5 has been released. It will take some time before it can be found on major distro.

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