Posted in astronomy, physics, taggé einstein, ESA, gravitational lens, Hubble, NASA on janvier 12, 2008 | 2 Commentaires »
I love gravitational lenses! and this one, double, was discovered using HUBBLE.
A paper is submited and the pdf available for those interested by the calculations. The name of the file is interesting: jackpot_submitted.pdf Jackpot indeed
clic on the image for the ESA images page
Posted in informatics, physics, simulation, taggé cluster, Gaurav Khanna, PS3 on octobre 18, 2007 | Aucun commentaire »
Just got this one by e-mail, from CM (:-*)
And this is from Wired: Astrophysicist Replaces Supercomputer with Eight PlayStation 3s
I don’t know if this is a supercomputer replacement, but the guy did it. A cluster of 8 PS3 using Linux for his calculations.
Go and read the story either at Wired or at the PS3 [...]
Posted in physics, space, µ-gravity on septembre 25, 2007 | Aucun commentaire »
ESA PR 29-2007. In scientific research, there is great satisfaction when theoretical work is eventually supported by experimentation. Such was the case this week for a team of Italian and US scientists when they received preliminary confirmation of a 10-year-old theory from a fluid science experiment that is currently orbiting the Earth on the Foton-M3 [...]
