Sentences with phrase «information for astronomers»

Provision of advice, guidance and information for astronomers in all countries in the region about IAU programs.

Such 3 - D reconstructions encode important information for astronomers about how massive stars actually explode.

Not exact matches

Geneticists and information scientists have built and are building models for the transition of organic molecules to self - replicating living organisms, based on theories of Earth's early development provided by astronomers, geologists, and oceanographers and on the evidence of fossilized microorganisms discovered by paleontologists.

In addition, 55 Cancri e transits its star, meaning it crosses the star's face as seen from Earth, casting a shadow that astronomers can data - mine for information about the planet's possible atmosphere and surface.

Phil Charles, South Africa's chief astronomer and the director of the South African Astronomical Observatory, has been suspended by the country's National Research Foundation for alleged actions that led to the leaking of confidential information about the foundation.

«By mixing [the data from] these instruments, we'll get information about the current star formation rate, but we'll also get information about the star formation history,» explained Hans Ulrik Nørgaard - Nielsen, an astronomer at the Danish Space Research Institute in Denmark and the principal investigator for the proposed observations.

Pasadena, CA — Using information gathered from several telescopes, a team of astronomers, including Carnegie's Eric Murphy, searched the sky for very rarely seen dusty starburst galaxies, formed soon after the Big Bang.

Although astronomers publish articles referring to the RCW nebulae almost every month, there seems to be few places on the Internet that bring together information on these nebulae as a whole - unlike, for example, the Messier catalog.

David Aguilar is an astronomer, the former Director of Science Information at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and the author of Cosmic Catastrophes, Seven Wonders of the Solar System, and several popular children's books on space.

For more information on the battles among astronomers concerning Pluto's planetary status, see Laurence A. Marschall and Stephen P. Maran, Pluto Confidential (Dallas, Texas: Benbella Books, Inc., 2009).

«By using electronic distribution, we can open this tremendous resource of information for computer analysis by all astronomers immediately, without waiting for traditional publication,» Condon added.

So for additional information about the objects above and more, please come out to our Star Party and ask our astronomers!