ëSolar "tadpoles" - dark shadows that seem to wiggle down toward the surface of the sun during flares - may have been explained by University of Warwick astrophysicists. Dr Valery Nakariakov and Dr Erwin Verwichte analysed observations obtained with NASA's "Transition Region And Coronal Explorer" (TRACE) space mission. û
- NASA, via SlashDot ----
ë The European SMART-1 spacecraft, orbiting the Moon, has been tasked to examine the lunar landing sites. It's not clear if evidence of the Apollo landings will silence conspiracy theorists.
The experiments using the laser reflectors deployed by the astronauts and official rebuttal studies havenââ¬â¢t convinced them, and if the current experiment with the reflector works, that wonââ¬â¢t help either. The Popular Mechanics debunking of 9/11 conspiracy theories wonââ¬â¢t convince the paranoid either. - Space.com ----
ë Astronomers at Sweet Briar College and the Naval Research Laboratory have detected a powerful new bursting radio source whose unique properties suggest the discovery of a new class of astronomical objects. The researchers have monitored the center of the Milky Way Galaxy for several years and reveal their findings in the March 3, 2005 edition of the journal, "Nature"û
- NRL via Scientific American ----
