* Astronomy

Johann Heinrich Westphal (January 31, 1794 - 1831) was a German astronomer. His professional career was spent mostly in Italy. Read more

Gravitational wave research in the Netherlands is rapidly taking shape and is becoming increasingly diverse. We organise the second Dutch National GW meeting, in order to bring together astronomers and physicists interested in gravitational wave science and inform each other of developments...

A spectacular new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope uncovers a small group of young stellar "siblings" in the southern portion of the Serpens cloud, located approximately 848 light-years away from Earth. Scientists suspect that this discovery will lead them to more clues abo...

The Leighlinbridge (L6) meteorite fell in Leinster, Ireland, on the 28th November, 1999. A total mass of 271 g was recovered. 52° 40'N, 6° 58'W

Sunspots 11665 (left), 11663(right), 11662 (top), and 1666 (bottom edge) captured with a 100mm f5 refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Final image was processed and stacked using AviStack2. Music via an Amiga 1200

Open Clusters M46 (NGC 2437), M47 (NGC 2422), in the constellation Puppis. Expand (732kb, 1200 x 810) Credit NASA

Active Sunspot 10956 Expand (109kb, 560 x 560) -- Edited by Blobrana at 01:05, 2007-05-17

Lithopanspermia in Star Forming Clusters Authors: Fred C. Adams, David N. Spergel This paper considers the lithopanspermia hypothesis in star forming groups and clusters, where the chances of biological material spreading from one solar system to another is greatly enh...

THE EDGAR WILSON AWARD This is to announce the establishment of and the criteria for the Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of comets. The Award shall be allocated annually among the amateur astronomers who, using amateur equipment, have discovered one or more new comets. Only comets official...

15:00-16:00 Wed 30 Jan 2013 In this presentation CASS artist-in-residence Michaela Gleave will discuss the background of her artistic practice, and the path that has lead her to the field of astronomy, via the somewhat unusual materials of snow, fireworks, glitter, bubbles and rain. Read more...

Werner Hartmann (30 January 1912 in Berlin-Friedenau - 8 March 1988 in Dresden) was a German physicist who introduced microelectronics into East Germany. Read more

Edward Bransfield (1785-1852) on 30 January 1820 sighted Trinity Peninsula, the northernmost point of the Antarctic mainland. Unknown to Bransfield, two days earlier, 28 January 1820, the Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen may have caught sight of an icy shoreline now know...

Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. Read moreSpoiler

Miles Anthony Reid FRS (born 30 January 1948, Hoddesdon, England) is a mathematician who works in algebraic geometry. Read more

Boris Vasilievich Spassky (born January 30, 1937) is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Read moreSpoiler