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Gas infall and outflow processes in six ‘baby’ stars revealed

Berlin, Oct 11 : New high-resolution observations with the VLT (Very Large Telescope) Interferometer of the European Southern Observatory in Chile reveal gas infall and outflow processes in the direct environment of six young stars.

An international team of astronomers, led by Stefan Kraus from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany and Eric Tatulli from the Observatoire de Grenoble in France used the AMBER instrument to measure the geometry of atomic and molecular gas in the inner disk regions.

Surprisingly, they found that the gas emission can trace very distinct physical mechanisms.

These processes include infall of material onto the star as well as gas which is ejected from the system, likely in a disk wind.

Sony unveils world’s thinnest TV

Sony unveils world’s thinnest TVLondon, Oct 11: Electronic giant Sony has launched the world’s thinnest television, which has a screen as slim as a CD case.

The ultra thin TV, called the Sony Bravia ZX1, will hit the market in the coming January.

The extraordinary creation was unveiled at the NEC''s Grand Designs show.

"It really has a beautiful look to it. It''s hard to believe that something so slim can produce such crystal clear picture,” The Telegraph quoted Craig Bolton, from West Bromwich, West Midlands, who visited the show, as saying.

The computer helper: Take charge of Windows Explorer

Washington -The computer helper: Take charge of Windows Explorer The Windows Explorer file manager is one of the most frequently used applications in Windows. That's no surprise, really, since files, after all, are what computers are all about. And you need a file manager to see, copy, delete, and move them. You'd think, then, that this most basic of tools could be easily customised to work the way people want. And you'd be right - up to a point. The trouble is that Windows Explorer has more than its share of quirks - even bugs. Getting around them is what this week's answers are all about.

YouTube starts hosting full-length TV shows

YouTube starts hosting full-length TV showsSan Francisco - YouTube began hosting its first full-length TV episodes Friday, accompanied with ads that were unusually intrusive for the Google-owned online video site.

The selection of reruns from CBS was less than impressive - five episodes each of Beverly Hills 90210, MacGyver, Star Trek: The Original Series, plus 14 episodes of The Young and The Restless.

But the move is seen as a first attempt by YouTube to become a major platform for showing advertising-supported TV shows over the internet.

India set to launch Chandrayaan One on October 22

ChandrayaanBangalore, Oct 10 : Chandrayaan I, India ''s spacecraft mission to moon will be launched on October 22 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikotta.

The spacecraft has been fully integrated with all instruments and is presently under going final stages of tests at the launch complex.

ISRO Chairman Mr Madhavan Nair said the mating of the spacecraft with the launch vehicle and the satellite would take place on October 17.

Google Earth’s new satellite sends its first image

Google Earth’s new satellite sends its first imageLondon, October 10 : Google Earth’s new satellite, GeoEye-1, has provided a high resolution picture of Pennsylvania-based Kutztown University campus, which also happens to be its first picture.

The satellite took the picture on Tuesday when it was in a 423-mile-high orbit over the East Coast of the U. S.

"We expect the quality of the imagery to be even better as we continue the calibration activity," the Telegraph quoted Brad Peterson, GeoEye''s vice president of operations, as saying.

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