Astrophysics

Mosquitoes make sweet love music

Sexy songs sung by mosquitoes in courtship could be key to curbing the spread of dengue fever, say scientists.

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Zimbabwe troops 'eat elephants'

A Zimbabwean wildlife campaigner tells the BBC that soldiers are being given elephant meat to eat, as the economic crisis deepens.

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A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has mirrors for eyes

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has eyes which use mirrors as well as lenses, scientists discover.

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US vows 'huge' marine protection

The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.

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Earth Watch

Why it is hard to predict sudden environmental crises

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Our writers talk back

Some of the previous contributors to the Green Room respond to readers' questions and comments.

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Holes give edge to new armour

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

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Poetry or science?

Is romantic love just a chemical cocktail?

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Venomous mammal caught on camera

Rare footage of one of the world's most strange and elusive mammals is captured by scientists.

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Canadians claim South Pole record

A trio of Canadians claim a new record for the fastest trek across Antarctica to the South Pole.

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China alert over bird flu death

Chinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.

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Tech fair offers greener vision

Analysts at the Consumer Electronics Show say green credentials of tech products will become critical to success.

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Animal matters

Scotland's debate over tests on primates

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'Wolfman' returns

Explorer Jim McNeill tracks down Arctic wolves

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Everest trip helps critically ill

Blood oxygen levels recorded on a trip by medics to Everest could help the treatment of critically ill patients.

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Eat it or lose it - why centuries of crop diversity are at risk

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

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Panda bites his third tourist in two years at Beijing zoo

A panda at Beijing zoo bites a man for the third time in two years.

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Mummy of female pharaoh uncovered

Egyptologists find remains of a mummy thought to belong to a queen who ruled 4,300 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief announced.

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Heat may spark world food crisis

Half the world's population could face food crisis by 2100 as soaring temperatures cripple staple crops, scientists warn.

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Black holes 'preceded galaxies'

Astronomers believe they have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg question: what came first - black holes or galaxies?

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Body repair 'could be ramped up'

A combination of drugs could trick the body into sending its repair mechanisms into overdrive, say scientists.

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First flight of algae-fuelled jet

Continental Airlines is the latest to test fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

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Feilden's blog

Ground-breaking new technique in stem cell science

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Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain

The planet Jupiter must have gained mass fast during its infancy, according to astronomers.

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Beagle hunter

On a mission to find the most famous ship of science

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Astrophysics:

Above the Skies, An Exploration into Our Universe Through Animated Spectroscopy

A description at the layman level about the applications of spectroscopy in the investigation of the Solar System, with interactive diagrams

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~efortin/thesis/html/index.shtml

Astronomy and Astrophysics for all...

you can find every thing you want on this topic in this site...

http://www.geocities.com/astrosci4u/

The Astrophysical Journal

Devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories in astronomy and astrophysics.

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ/

Graand

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Astrophysics

A short introduction to astrophysics with associated articles on a number of topics.

http://www.physicsplanet.com/articles/astrophysics

Astrophysics

E-Print archive since April of 1992.

http://www.arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph

Astrophysics

Introductory essays on astrophysics and astronomy.

http://www.hpwt.de/Astroe.htm

The Astrophysics Spectator

Articles published on this site cover current research in astronomy and astrophysics, describe our current understanding of astronomical phenomena, and comment on issues related to astronomical research.

http://www.astrophysicsspectator.com/

Cambridge Relativity

Beginner's guide to all the basic concepts of Astrophysics written by active scientists at Cambridge University, UK.

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/

Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

Nationally supported research centre. Find out about current research, upcoming seminars and job opportunities.

http://www.cita.utoronto.ca

Cause of the Characteristics of Quasars

Hypothesis which attempts to explain the characteristics of QSOs (Quasi-Steller Objects), a.k.a. quasars, as optical illusions created by gravitational lensing and other phenomena.

http://www.geocities.com/isoptera.geo/index.html

Dyson Sphere

A list of frequently asked questions with answers.

http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/dysonFAQ.html

The Electric Universe

Physics knows four forces; 20th-century scientists were convinced that one of those, the electric force, played no macroscopic role in the Universe; site explains why that is incorrect.

http://www.the-electric-universe.info/

Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Comprehensive archive of explantory articles on all key Astrophysics topics, categorised and fully searchable; actively updated by the Institute of Physics.

http://eaa.iop.org/

Encyclopedia of Astrophysics

A free peer-reviewed online publication written by scholars from around the world.

http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Encyclopedia_of_astrophysics

Famous Astrophysicists

Profiles several prominent astrophysicists.

http://www.famous-astrophysicists.com

Fermilab Theoretical Astrophysics Group

Partially funded by a NASA Astrophysics Theory grant, find information about the group's past and future meetings.

http://www-astro-theory.fnal.gov

Grand Challenge Problems in Computational Astrophysics

Research session at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), Los Angeles, CA, USA; 7 March - 10 June 2005.

http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/pca2005/

Gravity is Cool, or, Why our Universe is Hospitable to Life

Text of the 1999 Oppenheimer lecture at UC Berkeley given by professor Freeman Dyson on the origin of life and other subjects.

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/20/035.html

Hands-On Astrophysics

Offers educational products that help students understand basic astronomy concepts.

http://hoa.aavso.org

Hyperspace

Site devoted to hyperspatial theories.

http://artling.tripod.com

Interdisciplinary Astrophysics Group

A peer-refereed, solely online journal publishing invited reviews covering all areas of solar and heliospheric physics research. Published by the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.

http://altamira.asu.cas.cz/

Modified Newtonian Dynamics

Overview of a controversial theory which is not generally accepted by the astrophysical community.

http://ca.geocities.com/mercy@rogers.com/

NASA Astrophysics Data System

Search system for abstracts in astrophysics, planetary sciences and solar physics.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/

The NASA Astrophysics Data System

The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 4.0 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy.

http://adswww.harvard.edu/

Network Generator

Generates astrophysical reaction rates online using an extended database.

http://www-astro.ulb.ac.be/Netgen/form.html

Nuclear Astrophysics Data

An area for providing nuclear data for astrophysics calculations, such as nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution, the Big Bang, and super-nova dynamics.

http://t2.lanl.gov/data/astro/astro.html

Olber's Paradox

A well know problem from astrophysics, Olber's paradox (Why is the night sky dark?), solved. As well as Newton's related Gravity paradox.

http://www.ronaldkoster.net/olber.html

Olber's Paradox Solved

A well know problem from astrophysics, Olber's paradox (Why is the night sky dark?), solved. As well as Newton's related Gravity paradox.

http://home.wanadoo.nl/ronald.koster/olber.html

Physics 208 - Introduction to Astrophysics

Course offered via The Electronic University, an educational outreach server at the University of Oregon.

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/astro.208.html

Physics Topics - Teaching Notes

Teaching notes on celestial mechanics, classical mechanics, and stellar atmospheres.

http://orca.phys.uvic.ca/~tatum/

Red Shift by Photon Decay

Author explains how Hubble's red shift of starlight spectra results from photon decay, proportional to traveled distance.

http://members.chello.nl/~n.benschop

SIMBAD Astronomical Database

The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system. SIMBAD can be queried by object name, coordinates, other criteria (filters), and lists of objects.

http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad

Solar System - Celestial Mechanics

Presents ideas about the rotation of the sun and planets.

http://www.surf2000.de/user/f-heeke/index.html

Space Physics Textbook

A free online textbook on space physics.

http://www.oulu.fi/~spaceweb/textbook/

The Structure, Stability, and Dynamics of Self-Gravitating Systems

An interactive Astrophysics textbook from Louisiana State University.

http://www.phys.lsu.edu/astro/H_Book.current/H_Book.shtml

Temporal Annex

Information mostly on the fourth dimension and theoretical physics.