Akhenaten Thu, 1 Oct 09 Duration: 43 mins Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten. Guests include Kate Spence, Richard Parkinson and Elizabeth Frood. Download 20MB
Sparta Thu, 19 Nov 09 Duration: 43 mins Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. With Paul Cartledge, Angie Hobbs and Edith Hall. Download 20MB
Xenophon Thu, 26 May 11 Duration: 43 mins Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Xenophon. With Paul Cartledge, Edith Hall and Simon Goldhill. Download 20MB
P78-1 or Solwind was a United States satellite launched aboard an Atlas F rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 24, 1979. Read more
The Global Geospace Science (GGS) Polar Satellite was a NASA science spacecraft designed to study the polar magnetosphere and aurora. It was launched into orbit on February 24, 1996, and continued operations until the program was terminated in April 2008. The spacecraft remains in orbit, though...
Dr. Brian Schmidt, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics to Speak on the Accelerating Universe This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for a remarkable discovery that the Universe is accelerating as it expands. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Brian P. Schmidt, one of three people awarded this pr...
Doctor Who Dalek designer Ray Cusick dies after illness The designer of the Daleks from the BBC's Doctor Who has died aged 84 after a short illness, his daughter has said. Read more As Cusick was a BBC employee at the time he de...
Orbital elements:
2013 CZ133 Earth MOID = 0.1588 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 26.88298 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.47401511 Peri. 168.71254 -0.88052879 -0.47355250
a 1.6290757 Node 342.97681 +0.42926805 -0.77843371
e 0.2953125 Incl. 4.00014 +0.20099252 -0.41205459
P 2.08 H 23.6...
Title: Atmosphere above a large solar pore Authors: M. Sobotka (1), M. Svanda (1 and 2), J. Jurcak (1), P. Heinzel (1), D. Del Moro (3) ((1) Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ondrejov, Czech Republic (2) Astronomical Institute, Charles University in Prague, Czech...
A series of hidden texts written by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being revealed by US scientists.
Until now, the pages have remained obscured by paintings and texts laid down on top of the original writings.
Using a non-destructive technique known as X-ray fluorescence,...
Between 1727 and 1734 Maharajah Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed an astronomical observatory, in Jairpur, the capital of the federal state Rhajasthan in west central India. The observatory, or "Jantar Mantars" as they are commonly known, incorporate multiple buildings of unique form...
Pythagoras Thu, 10 Dec 09 Duration: 42 mins Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. With Ian Stewart, Serafina Cuomo and John OConnor. Download 20MB
Princess sheds new light on early Celts German experts are carefully taking apart a complete Celtic grave in the hope of finding out more about the Celts' way of life, 2,600 years ago, in their Danube heartland. It wasn't the most glorious final journey for an aristocratic Celtic lady who, in life, cl...
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. Read more
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