CANCER, in Astronomy

[Lat.,=the crab], in astronomy, constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Gemini and Leo; it is a constellation of the zodiac. It contains the star cluster Praesepe, but no bright stars. The tropic of Cancer takes its name from this constellation, in which the summer solstice was located about 2,000 years ago. Now, because of the precession of the equinoxes, the summer solstice has moved westward into the constellation Gemini. Cancer reaches its highest point in the evening sky in March.

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books on: Cancer in Astronomy  - 184 results

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Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing 'Hoax'
Book by Philip C. Plait; John Wiley & Sons, 2002
Subjects: Astronomy--Miscellanea, Astronomy--Popular Works, Errors, Scientific
...Astrology: Science or Magic, 215-16 astronauts, 85 Astronomy magazine, 257 Astrophysical Journal, 170 atmosphere...6 Canada France Hawaii Telescope Corporation, 95 Cancer, 216 Cancer Research Campaign, 241 cannonball deflection, 22...
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Popular Astronomy: Being the New Descriptive Astronomy
Book by Joel Dorman Steele; American Book Company, 1899
Subjects: Astronomy
...341 . Asteroids, or Small Planets, 161 . Astrology, 21 . Astronomy, history of, 15 . of the invisible, 251 . poetry of, 11...Bodes Law, 161 . Boo tes, 242 , 341 . Calendar, 285 . Cancer, 239 , 341 . Ca nes Ve-nat i-ci, 241 , 341 . Ca nis Major...
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Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy
Book by Lucien Rudaux, G. Vaucouleurs De, F. L. Whipple; Prometheus Press, 1962
Subjects: Astronomy
...on Earth 112 Potsdam Obs. 454 , 465 Praesepe Cluster, in Cancer 380 Precession, of Moons nodes 121 Pressure, in Earths interior...volcanic eruption 107 , 110 ; see Stars, Sun, energy Radio astronomy 471 Radio observation 262 Radio sources in Galaxy 474 Radio...
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Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy: A Translation of the Heavens
Book by Alan C. Bowen, Robert B. Todd, Cleomedes; University of California Press, 2004
Subjects: Astronomy, Greek, Astronomy--Early Works To 1800
...that latitude. 47 When the Sun is in Cancer there, the daytime will last 1 month, if all the parts of Cancer are also always visible there; but if...of the zodiacal circle in addition to Cancer will become always visible in due proportion...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...for an advanced Martian civilization. Cancer abbr. Cnc, gen. Cancri The faintest...weeks from late July until mid-August. Cancer represents a crab. Its brightest star...magnitude star cluster, M67, 1/2 wide. Cancer, Tropic of See TROPIC OF CANCER. Canes...
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Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, Ca. 800-1500
Journal article by Bruce Eastwood, Gerd Braßhoff; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 94, 2004
Subjects: Astronomy, Europe, European history, Middle Ages, Research & development--R&D, Teaching
Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, Ca. 800...Brasshoff Chapter I INTRODUCTION 1 ASTRONOMY AND ITS TEACHING IN CAROLINGIAN...natural sciences, certainly not in astronomy.1 Studies in recent years, especially...
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Germline Fitness-based Scoring of Cancer Mutations
Journal article by Andrej Fischer, Chris Greenman, Ville Mustonen; Genetics, Vol. 188, 2011
Subjects: Cancer, Genes, Genetics, Mutation
...Fitness-based Scoring of Cancer Mutations by Andrej Fischer...denotes formulae omitted.) CANCER is a genetic disease whose...framework will be applicable for cancer variation in regulatory regions...Graduate School for Physics and Astronomy and the Sonderforschungsbereich...
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Marshall N. Rosenbluth
Journal article by Freeman Dyson; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 150, 2006
Subjects: Astronomy, Monte Carlo simulation, Personal profiles, Physicists, Physics, Studies
...among them the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1998. He died on 28 September 2003, after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. Even after his doctors told him that he had only three months to live, he fought on bravely and continued to give talks at...
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J. B. S. Haldane's Last Years: His Life and Work in India (1957-1964)
Journal article by Krishna Dronamraju; Genetics, Vol. 185, 2010
Subjects: Cancer, Colleges & universities, Enzyme kinetics, Life sciences, Science, Theory
...died there on December 1, 1964 after cancer surgery. I worked closely with Haldane...HALDANE AT THE END Haldanes poem, Cancer is a Funny Thing, which was written shortly...Haldane found out that he had rectal cancer and was operated on instantly at University...
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The Beginnings of Anthropological Archaeology in the North American Southwest: From Thomas Jefferson to the Pecos Conference
Journal article by David R. Wilcox, Don D. Fowler; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 44, 2002
Subjects: Anthropological research--History, Ethnologists--History, Southwestern United States--History
...civilizations independently to develop astronomy, mathematics, and a calendar...calendars and their underlying astronomy in some detail. He then argued...somewhere between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn), and that...New World agriculture and astronomy were indigenous; hence...
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Cancer's Cluster
Magazine article by Joe Rao; Natural History, Vol. 107, March 1998
Subjects: Astronomy, Stars & galaxies
Cancers Cluster by Joe Rao While Cancer, the Crab, is the least conspicuous of the zodiacal constellations...clusters: Praesepe (also called the Beehive). This month, Cancer is high toward the south at midevening; look for the cluster...
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Anthropology & Archaeology
Magazine article; Science News, Vol. 172, December 22, 2007
Subjects: Astronomy--Discovery and exploration, Astronomy--Research, Fossils--Discovery and exploration, Genetic engineering--Research, Paleoanthropology--Research, Planets--Discovery and exploration, Prehistoric archaeology--Research, Regeneration (Biology)--Research, Scientific development--Reports
...papillomavirus (HPV) detected cervical cancer more reliably than traditional Pap smears (172: 243*). Cancer of the throat and tonsils can arise from...harboring both pathogens (171: 116). Cancer biology Survivors of a childhood cancer...
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Popsci's 8th Annual Brilliant 10
Magazine article; Popular Science, Vol. 275, November 2009
Subjects: Astronomy, Building materials, Civil engineering, Dark matter, Electrical engineering, Engineers, Fossil fuels, Materials science, Milky Way, Nanoparticles, Seismic engineering, Sensors, Structural engineering
...genes and helps regulate immune response, cancer growth, and fat and stem-cell production...strange powers of nanotechnology to detect cancer NAME: MICHAEL STRANO AGE: 33 AFFILIATION...nanotechnology that has the potential to transform cancer medicine, solar power, electronics and...
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May Day, Pagan Style
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 102, May 1993
Subjects: Astronomy
...Erom Gemini into the faint constellation Cancer the Crab and is now fast approaching...comet. Gail S. Cleere writes on popular astronomy and is a founding member of the International...dedicated to preserving the skies for astronomy.
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Strength in Numbers
Magazine article by Charles Liu; Natural History, Vol. 117, March 2008
Subjects: Accretion disks, Astronomy, Planets, Saturn, Stars & galaxies
...in the direction of the constellation Cancer, the Crab, the star is quite ordinary...of exoplanets to as many as 237. In astronomy today theres an entire cottage industry...Johansen at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, appears to...
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Majority of Us Are Ignoring Warnings over Skin Cancer
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 3, 2007
Subjects: Astronomy, Cancer research, Cancer--Research, Melanoma, Oncology, Experimental, Skin cancer
...of Us Are Ignoring Warnings over Skin Cancer. Byline: LUCINDA CAMERON MORE than half of Scots will risk developing deadly skin cancer to get a tan during holidays in the sun...exposed to the suns rays. A new study by Cancer Research UK shows Scots could be doubling...
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Two Filipino Scientists in Cancer Diagnosis
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 11, 2007
Subjects: Cancer--Diagnosis
Two Filipino Scientists in Cancer Diagnosis. Byline: Florangel...two Filipino scientists in cancer diagnosis provide the needed...be a more accurate method in cancer diagnosis, is non-invasive...obtained his PhD in Physics and Astronomy from Utrecht University, Netherlands...
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Discoveries Spawned in '07; Year's Top Scientific Advances Chart the Future's Possibilities, Raise New Practical Challenges of How to Apply Findings
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 27, 2007
Subjects: Astronomy--Methods, Astronomy--Reports, Astronomy--Research, Astronomy--Usage
...in medicine, chemistry, engineering, astronomy and physics bring a dose of hope atop...in curing or relieving the effects of cancer and neurological disease. In theory...antioxidants likely to help in fighting cancer and heart disease. Such finds are relatively...
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Astronomer Plays Money Card in Dark-Sky Campaign
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 5, 2009
Subjects: Astronomy
...I was very interested in astronomy," says Toeppen, who had...showing an increase in breast cancer in communities with more light...the International Year of Astronomy on its village stickers...promote that." From a recent astronomy event at village hall (where...
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Astronomer Plays Money Card in Dark-Sky Campaign
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 5, 2009
Subjects: Astronomy
...I was very interested in astronomy," says Toeppen, who had...showing an increase in breast cancer in communities with more light...the International Year of Astronomy on its village stickers...promote that." From a recent astronomy event at village hall (where...
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Cancer , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CANCER , in astronomy Lat.,=the crab, in astronomy, constellation lying on the ecliptic (the suns apparent...star cluster Praesepe , but no bright stars. The tropic of Cancer takes its name from this constellation, in which the summer...
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Hydra , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HYDRA , in astronomy in astronomy, southern constellation lying S of Corvus, Crater, Virgo, Leo, and Cancer. It is a long, slender, winding constellation traditionally depicted as a snake and known also as the Water Monster or Sea Serpent...
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Leo , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEO , in astronomy Lat.,=the lion, northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . The Egyptians...
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Cornell University
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hospital for Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, is in New York City. The university operates...Center for Radiophysics and Space Research and the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, as well as two agricultural experiment...
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Synchrotron Radiation
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...accelerators , such as the synchrotron. In astronomy, synchrotron radiation has been suggested...sources like the Crab Nebula (see radio astronomy ). Synchrotron radiation is employed...diseases, especially certain forms of skin cancer...
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