Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory by Rau, A, Kulkarni, SR, Law, N, Bloom, J, Ciardi, D, Djorgovski, G, Fox, D, Gal-Yam, A, Grillmair, C, Kasliwal, M, Nugent, P, Ofek, E, Quimby, R, Reach, W, Shara, M, Bildsten, L, Cenko, S, Drake, A, Filippenko, A, Helfand, D, Helou, G, Howell, D, Poznanski, D, Sullivan, M

“…PTF will also discover many new members of known source classes, from cataclysmic variables in their various avatars to supernovae and active galactic nuclei, and will provide important insights into understanding galactic dynamics (through RR Lyrae stars) and the Solar system (asteroids and near-Earth objects). The lessons that can be learned from PTF will be essential for the preparation of future large synoptic sky surveys like the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. …”

Radio astronomy and Space science in Azores: Enhancing the Atlantic VLBI infrastructure cluster by Barbosa, D, Coelho, B, Antón, S, Bergano, M, Boekholt, T, Correia, ACM, Maia, D, Pandeirada, J, Ribeiro, V, Adams, J, Barraca, JP, Gomes, D, Morgado, B

“…This fact obviously has a very high added value for: i) the establishment of space tracking and communications networks for the emergent global small satellite fleets ii) it is invaluable to connect the radio astronomy infrastructure networks in Africa, Europe and America continents using Very Large Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) techniques, iii) it allows excellent potential for monitoring space debris and Near Earth Objects (NEOs). There is in S. Miguel island a 32-metre SATCOM antenna that could be integrated in advanced VLBI networks and be capable of additional Deep Space Network ground support. …”