* Astronomy

The Guidder (LL5) meteorite fell in Nord, Cameroon, on the 7th January, 1949. A total mass of 968 g was recovered. 9° 55'N, 13° 59'E

Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (born 7 January 1935 in Vyazniki - 19 February 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo-Soyuz mission), and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. Read more

Sakigake (translating to "pioneer", or "Pathfinder"), pre-launch codename MS-T5, was Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft, and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the USA or the Soviet Union.It carried out a flyby of Halley's Comet on Ma...

Distaff Day, also called Roc Day, is 7 January, the day after the feast of the Epiphany. Read more

The Mantell UFO incident was among the most publicised early UFO reports. The incident resulted in the crash and death of 25-year-old Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, Captain Thomas F. Mantell, on January 7, 1948, while in pursuit of a supposed UFO. Read more

Title: New Distant Companions to Known Nearby Stars. II. Faint companions of Hipparcos stars and the frequency of wide binary systems Authors: Sébastien Lépine, Bethany Bongiorno We perform a search for faint, common proper motion companions of Hipparcos stars using the...

Data Saved In Quartz Glass Might Last 300 Million Years The electronics giant partnered with Kyoto University's Kiyotaka Miura to develop "semiperpetual" slivers of quartz glass that Hitachi says can preserve information for hundreds of millions of years with virtually no degradat...

GISAT set for 2016-17 launch Geo Imaging Satellite (GISAT) will observe earth from geo-stationery orbit, enabling continuous observation of Indian sub-continent, to facilitate quick monitoring of natural hazards and disaster. The project is progressing well for a launch by GSLV in 2016-17. [...

Orbital elements: 2013 AJ11 Earth MOID = 0.0969 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 298.33502 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49782550 Peri. 207.78078 -0.58916107 -0.70464487 a 1.5767081 Node 281.11769 +0.79574647 -0.42102866 e 0.3327495 Incl. 23.76541 +0.14027399 -0.57114838 P 1.98 H 23...

Orbital elements: 2013 AL11 Earth MOID = 0.0519 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 313.26029 (2000.0) P Q n 0.55958449 Peri. 334.67447 +0.05952385 -0.99565424 a 1.4584524 Node 111.84511 +0.92848377 +0.02887489 e 0.2959781 Incl. 4.42543 +0.36657169 +0.08853740 P 1.76 H 23....

Orbital elements: 2013 AK11 Earth MOID = 0.1268 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 337.54028 (2000.0) P Q n 0.74928798 Peri. 117.76642 +0.73551003 -0.60429217 a 1.2005222 Node 281.07302 +0.45772147 +0.77658409 e 0.1250853 Incl. 18.19010 +0.49951582 +0.17818003 P 1.32 H 23...

Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (6 January 1745 - 2 August 1799) and his brother were the inventors of the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique. The brothers succeeded in launching the first manned ascent, carrying Étienne into the sky. Later, in December 1783, in recognition o...

Orbital elements: 2013 AH11 Earth MOID = 0.1307 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 340.93689 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28321556 Peri. 158.37154 +0.14671614 -0.87138511 a 2.2964552 Node 280.64914 +0.82330237 +0.36991040 e 0.5250606 Incl. 28.44741 +0.54831340 -0.32226432 P 3.48 H 19...

The opening of this year's FIRST Robotics Competition is held in Manchester, New Hampshire. Spoiler