Larry Kawano Photo courtesy of Larry Kawano Many know Larry, or more properly, Dr. Kawano doctorate in cosmology from the University of Chicago, bachelor of science in physics from Cornell University and postgraduate study at CalTech as a member of the Idyllwild Master Chorale and as a gifted and extraordinarily funny actor in IMCs summer theater offerings. Continue reading
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Road to Malaysia’s day of destiny
With well over 100,000 people gathering last week for electoral reform in the largest street protest in the nations history and the event marred by violence by both state and non-state actors alike Malaysian politics has reached an important impasse. The Bersih 3.0 rally and its aftermath reveal that the path ahead for Malaysian politics will grow even more contentious and complex. Continue reading
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The great outdoors Adventure and Nature offers a six day outdoor camp for those 13 years and above with sailing, para sailing, rock climbing and rappelling in the eastern ghats. The camp is scheduled from May 12 to 17. Continue reading
Free Game Friday: A Modern Spin on Asteroids, and More
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Free Game Friday: A Modern Spin on Asteroids, A Platformer Where You Make the Platforms and More.
By David Daw, PCWorld May 4, 2012 6:00 AM This week we spent most of our time by looking for games that were overlooked from recent game competitions like Ludum Dare and the Molyjam. Even though these games might have been overshadowed out of the gate, they’ve got a lot to offer; give ‘em a shot and let us know what you think! Astro Break is a fun little game that plays a little like a combination of Asteroids and later arcade shooters. You play an astronaut trapped on a tiny planet shooting up at a collection of asteroids that will kill you if you ever collide Continue reading
AP_tv.avi – Video
22-05-2011 00:26 Astro-Physics made in America Continue reading
Astro-Physics – It’s a Mindstate EP…the making of – Video
17-01-2012 09:28 ** It’s a Mindstate EP out now – ** The band heading into Black Wookie studios for a couple of days in January to lay down the new tracks for their forth coming EP. Continue reading
Cosmic Train Wrecks – Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics – Video
18-01-2012 15:16 “Observatory Nights” public lecture series from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Lauranne Lanz, CfA Five billion years from now, our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy. This will be an era of both destruction and creation as the galaxies lose their separate identities and merge into one. Continue reading
Revisiting the census of low-luminosity AGN
Authors: A. Capetti.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 535 , page A28<br />Published online: 27/10/2011<br /> Keywords: galaxies: active ; galaxies: ISM.
A study of the color diversity around maximum light in Type Ia supernovae
Authors: R. Cartier, F. Förster, P. Coppi, M. Hamuy, K. Maeda, G. Pignata and G. Folatelli.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page L15<br />Published online: 18/10/2011<br /> Keywords: distance scale ; supernovae: general.
WISE/2MASS-SDSS brown dwarfs candidates using Virtual Observatory tools?
Authors: M. Aberasturi, E. Solano and E. L. Martín.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page L7<br />Published online: 14/10/2011<br /> Keywords: brown dwarfs ; surveys ; proper motions ; virtual observatory tools ; astronomical databases: miscellaneous.
The 2011 outburst of the recurrent nova T?Pyxidis. Evidence for a face-on bipolar ejection
Authors: O. Chesneau, A. Meilland, D. P. K. Banerjee, J.-B. Le Bouquin, H. McAlister, F. Millour, S. T. Ridgway, A. Spang, T. ten Brummelaar, M. Wittkowski, N. M. Ashok, M. Benisty, J.-P. Berger, T. Boyajian, Ch. Farrington, P. J. Goldfinger, … Continue reading
An additional term of the Galactic tide due to dark matter
Authors: L. Neslušan.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page A113<br />Published online: 18/10/2011<br /> Keywords: solar neighborhood ; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics ; Oort Cloud ; celestial mechanics.
No magnetic field in the spotted HgMn star ??Leporis?
Authors: O. Kochukhov, V. Makaganiuk, N. Piskunov, S. V. Jeffers, C. M. Johns-Krull, C. U. Keller, M. Rodenhuis, F. Snik, H. C. Stempels and J. A. Valenti.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page L13<br />Published online: 18/10/2011<br /> Keywords: … Continue reading
A double detached shell around a post-red supergiant: IRAS 17163-3907, the Fried Egg nebula???
Authors: E. Lagadec, A. A. Zijlstra, R. D. Oudmaijer, T. Verhoelst, N. L. J. Cox, R. Szczerba, D. Mékarnia and H. van Winckel.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page L10<br />Published online: 17/10/2011<br /> Keywords: circumstellar matter ; stars: … Continue reading
The time dependence of hot Jupiters’ orbital inclinations?
Authors: A. H. M. J. Triaud.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page L6<br />Published online: 12/10/2011<br /> Keywords: binaries: eclipsing ; planetary systems ; planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability ; planet-star interactions.
Overview of an extensive multi-wavelength study of GX 339?4 during the 2010 outburst
Authors: M. Cadolle Bel, J. Rodriguez, P. D’Avanzo, D. M. Russell, J. Tomsick, S. Corbel, F. W. Lewis, F. Rahoui, M. Buxton, P. Goldoni and E. Kuulkers.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page A119<br />Published online: 19/10/2011<br /> Keywords: … Continue reading
The Baade-Wesselink p-factor applicable to LMC Cepheids?
Authors: N. Nardetto, A. Fokin, P. Fouqué, J. Storm, W. Gieren, G. Pietrzynski, D. Mourard and P. Kervella.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page L16<br />Published online: 18/10/2011<br /> Keywords: stars: oscillations ; stars: abundances ; stars: distances.
Improved velocity law parameterization for hot star winds
Authors: J. Krti?ka and J. Kubát.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page A97<br />Published online: 12/10/2011<br /> Keywords: stars: winds, outflows ; stars: mass-loss ; stars: early-type ; hydrodynamics ; stars: atmospheres.
A dominant magnetic dipole for the evolved Ap star candidate EK Eridani?
Authors: M. Aurière, R. Konstantinova-Antova, P. Petit, T. Roudier, J.-F. Donati, C. Charbonnel, B. Dintrans, F. Lignières, G. A. Wade, A. Morgenthaler and S. Tsvetkova.<br />Astronomy & Astrophysics Vol. 534 , page A139<br />Published online: 21/10/2011<br /> Keywords: stars: individual: … Continue reading