The Dione Belt

The Dione Belt: A new astronomical term - not one of ours. Given name for the new, transient radiation belt found circling Saturn. Exact origin of the radiation belt is not yet known, but guesses have been made by the professionals. Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/1dDofZ



For Pronunciation and origin of the name see: Dione.


References: New Transient Radiation Belt Around Saturn, Saturn, Cassini-Huygens and Radiation Belt.

NB: This posting appears simultaneously in our sister publication, The Anti-Zen Dictionary.

For Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Helix Nebula image licensed under Creative Commons by jeffmcneill

China opens bidding on moon probe technology

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51o1pz-us-china-moon/

New search mounted for cosmic inflation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29376391/

Cosmic inflation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_inflation

Watching Venus Glow In The Dark

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133735.htm

Venus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus

Turbulence May Promote Birth Of Massive Stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221608.htm

Ex-Supernova Now Dust Factory Around Dead Star

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133503.htm

Cassiopeia A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_A

Into The Eye Of The Helix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225073359.htm

Helix Nebula

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_Nebula

UFO'S = Sprites? and More for Tuesday, February 24, 2009

40-year Mystery Revisited: Newtonian System Mimics 'Baldness' Of Rotating Black Holes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221439.htm

Dark energy to erase Big Bang's fading signal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29353276/

Comet's heart may have struck Earth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29351284/

Bolide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolide#Bolide

Quark star may hold secret to early universe

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126964.700-quark-star-may-hold-secret-to-early-universe.html

SN 1987A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1987A

Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126962.000-do-gravity-holes-harbour-planetary-assassins.html

Sprightly Explanation For UFO Sightings?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223131119.htm

Sprites (lightning)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprites_(lightning)

Rocket Aims For Cheaper Nudges In Space; Plasma Thruster Is Small, Runs On Inexpensive Gases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221524.htm

For Monday, February 23, 2009

Gravitational lens image licensed under Creative Commons by rmforall@comcast.net

Cosmological Simulations Key To Understanding The Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217092750.htm

Gravitational Lensing: Astronomers Harness Einstein’s Telescope

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220172053.htm

Gravitational lensing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lensing

Largest Ever GRB for Friday, February 20, 2009

Gigantic explosion in space

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1032944

Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Ever, Seen By Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141458.htm

Gamma-ray burst

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray_burst

For Thursday, February 19, 2009

Huge Pressures Melt Diamonds On Planet Neptune

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218091937.htm

Neptune

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune

Dwarf Galaxies Formed Out Of Leftover Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218132145.htm

Double Star Captured By 'Virtual' Telescope

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218103517.htm

Bold missions to Jupiter and Saturn planned

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29258733/

Jupiter in space agencies' sights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7897585.stm

Saturn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(astronomy)

Jupiter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter

Europa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)

NASA Mission To Seek Water Ice On Moon Heads To Florida For Launch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218133019.htm

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/overview/index.html


Texas astronomers say they found samples of meteor

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_re_us/falling_debris;_ylt=AvCV6uBe5SQOs_8Q4qa1ITsPLBIF


Skylon spaceplane gets cash boost

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7898434.stm

Skylon spaceplane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_Engines_Skylon

For Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Cosmologists 'See' The Cosmic Dawn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082359.htm

Fireworks From A Flaring Gamma-ray Star

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125422.htm

SGR J1550-5418

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGR_J1550-5418

Antarctic Expedition Prepared Researchers For Mars Project

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205141509.htm

Mars mission has some seeing red

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29134295/

For Tuesday February 11, 2009

How Many Dimensions In Holographic Universe?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203081609.htm

How Cosmic Matter Jets Stream Out Of Stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152422.htm

Space Spotlight: New stars in the Milky Way

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/02/10/space.spotlight/index.html

Scientists unravelling mysteries of Saskatchewan meteorite

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/09/meteorite.html

Unmanned Russian cargo ship heads to space station

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_sc/eu_russia_space;_ylt=AnGyFtR12zWrvTKjLpmwD2ms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZnZmY2J2BHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawN1bm1hbm5lZHJ1c3M-

For Friday, February 6, 2009

NASA's SkyView Delivers The Multiwavelength Cosmos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142123.htm

SkyView Virtual Observatory

http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Exceptionally Deep View Of Strange Galaxy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205083709.htm

Coma Galaxy Cluster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma_galaxy_cluster

Birth Of Galaxies: Infant Galaxies Explode With Dazzling Star Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205101119.htm

Astronomers Spot Cosmic Dust Fountain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205180711.htm

The Stunningly Beautiful # 587739382061006898

Stunningly beautiful, 587739382061006898

For Friday, January 9, 2009

Jupiter-like Planets Form Around Twin Suns?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105120322.htm

Half-baked Asteroids Have Earth-like Crust

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107134526.htm

Star Light, Star Bright, Its Explanation Is Out Of Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107175009.htm

Milky Way A Swifter Spinner, More Massive, New Measurements Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105131208.htm

Astrophysicists Map Milky Way's Four Spiral Arms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105090844.htm

Milky Way

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way_(astronomy)

Strange Rock Formations on Mars Explained

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090109/sc_space/strangerockformationsonmarsexplained;_ylt=Ah_QnYhcdg6FF.IiDiXQu3IPLBIF

Global Warming: Overrides Volcano Cooling?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105175356.htm

Decline Of Carbon-dioxide-gobbling Plankton Coincided With Ancient Global Cooling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108111419.htm

For Thursday, January 8, 2009

Black holes 'preceded galaxies'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7815827.stm

NASA Space Balloon Mission Tunes In To Cosmic Radio Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107172546.htm

Hubble Finds Stars That Go 'Ballistic'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107174617.htm

For Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Perfect space storm could be catastrophic on earth, study concludes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090107/sc_space/perfectspacestormcouldbecatastrophiconearthstudyconcludes;_ylt=AvkZlWLVsho5V2Dc4JO39E2s0NUE

Black Holes Lead Galaxy Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106181729.htm

Brown Dwarfs Don't Hang Out With Stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106140143.htm

Astronomers Use Gamma-ray Burst To Probe Star Formation In The Early Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106154400.htm

Cassiopeia A Comes Alive Across Time And Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106091145.htm

Cassiopeia A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_A

Milky Way 'bigger than thought'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7813635.stm

Galactic Core Seen In Unprecedented New Detail

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106135601.htm

First 3D image of exploding star

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7814351.stm

Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7812170.stm

Stars Forming Just Beyond Black Hole's Grasp

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105131212.htm

Einstein's Relativity: Fundamental Abnormality?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105150837.htm

Physicists Squeeze Light To Quantum Limit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106145008.htm

For Monday, January 5, 2009

Did comet 'swarm' cause killer cold spell?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28472145/

Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105090553.htm

Astronomers Gaze Back In Time And Map The History Of The Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105091528.htm

Astrophysicists Map Milky Way's Four Spiral Arms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105090844.htm

New Visualization Techniques Yield Star Formation Insights: Gravity Plays Larger Role Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231152305.htm