All news for June 2008

  • Artem Alikhanyan 1908 – 2008 (Jun 24, 2008)
    On June 24, 2008, Armenia celebrated the 100 year anniversary of one of its most renowned scientists, Artem Alikhanyan. The Yerevan Physics Institute (recently renamed the Alikhanyan Physics Institute) organized a number of events devoted to this anniversary. On June 24 Alikhanyan’s former friends and colleagues paid tribute to their great teacher laying...
  • No Anthropogenic Catatrophe Impends over the Earth in 2012-scientist, РИА Новости (Jun 19, 2008)
    Земле не угрожает техногенная катастрофа в 2012 году - ученый   С.-ПЕТЕРБУРГ, 29 апр - РИА Новости, Ольга Второва. Землянам не грозит техногенная катастрофа, предрекаемая американскими учеными в 2012 году из-за увеличения активности Солнца, считает заведующий лабораторией космических исследований Главной (Пулковской) астрономической...
  • The Koronas-Photon Satellite Registered a New Powerful Ejection on the Sun, РИА Новости (Jun 19, 2008)
    Спутник "Коронас-Фотон" зарегистрировал новый мощный выброс на Солнце  ТЕСИС (ФИАН) 11:31 16/06/2009 МОСКВА, 16 июн - РИА Новости. Российская орбитальная рентгеновская обсерватория "Тесис" на борту спутника "Коронас-Фотон" зафиксировала на Солнце мощный выброс вещества - в межпланетное...
  • CRD 2008 Master program (Jun 14, 2008)
    This year two students of Department of Physics Yerevan State University: Tigran Karapetyan and Bagrat Mailyan obtained master’s degree in physics. Both have prepared their masters theses at the Cosmic Ray Division of the Alikhanyan Physics Institute . Scientific advisor for both theses was the head of CRD, Professor A. Chilingarian.   T. Karapetyan...
  • Participation of the Armenian delegation in UN/ESA/NASA/JAXA Workshop (Jun 10, 2008)
    Participation of the Armenian delegation in UN/ESA/NASA/JAXA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and Basic Space Science "First Results from the International Heliophysical Year 2007" hosted by the Solar-Terrestrial Influences Laboratory of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,...
  • Radio signals from the Sun warn of radiation storms (Jun 9, 2008)
    A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a solar challenge to our more and more space-technology dependant civilization. A CME cloud is laced with magnetic fields and when directed our way, smashes into Earth's magnetic field. If the magnetic fields have the correct orientation, they dump energy into the Earth's magnetic field, causing magnetic storms. These storms can...
  • United Nations Holds Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year and Basic Space Science (Jun 9, 2008)
    VIENNA, 9 June (UN Information Service) – As part of the outreach activities for the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) which started in 2007, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) organized a five-day Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and Basic Space Science in Sozopol, Bulgaria, from 2–6 June 2008. The workshop was hosted...
  • Armenian Delegation Participates in International Heliophysical Year 2007 Workshop (Jun 2, 2008)
    The delegation of Cosmic Ray Division participated in the UN/ESA/NASA/JAXA Workshop on the first results of the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and Basic Space Science hosted by the Solar-Terrestrial Influences Laboratory of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, held on June 2-6, 2008 in Sozopol, Bulgaria. The Outer Space office of the United Nations, in...