* Astronomy

Orbital elements: 2011 HS60 Earth MOID = 0.0900 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 178.29673 (2000.0) P Q n 0.85112635 Peri. 306.07566 +0.97128549 -0.08142797 a 1.1027406 Node 59.59353 +0.18679286 +0.84293623 e 0.4103602 Incl. 15.02259 -0.14735304 +0.53181576 P 1.16 H 21.3 G...

The 1908 Messina earthquake and tsunami took some 100,000 - 200,000 lives on December 28, 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy. Read more

The Tay Bridge disaster occurred on 28 December 1879, when the first Tay Rail Bridge, which crossed the Firth of Tay between Dundee and Wormit in Scotland, collapsed during a violent storm while a train was passing over it. The bridge was designed by the noted railway engineer Sir Thomas Bouch, using...

The Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) was the largest species of New Zealand wattlebird and was endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. Read more (Extinct, 28 December 1907)

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, OM, FRS (28 December 1882 - 22 November 1944) was a British astrophysicist of the early 20th century. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accr...

Sir Archibald Geikie, OM, KCB, PRS, FRSE (28 December 1835 - 10 November 1924), was a Scottish geologist and writer. Read more

December 28-31, 2012 Nagpur, India Science College, Nagpur run by Shri Shivaji Education Society, Amravati and affiliated to R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur is a premier institution of higher learning in Central India. It is celebrating 125th Birth Anniversary of great Mathematician Sriniv...

Orbital elements: 2004 UU1 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0271 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 341.22651 (2000.0) P Q n 0.72585151 Peri. 113.56081 +0.80265021 +0.51187673 a 1.2262270 Node 217.81057 -0.53289725 +0.84600163 e 0.2734839 Incl. 29.96062 +0.26790515 +0.14920944 P 1.36...

China is expected to launch two navigation satellites early next year as part of a plan to build a global navigation positioning network. The launch of the two "Beidou" (Compass) satellites, scheduled for the beginning of 2007, is expected to cover China and parts of neighbouring countries by 20...

Title: VLA Mapping of the CO(1-0) Line in SMM J14011+0252 Authors: Chelsea E. Sharon (1), Andrew J. Baker (1), Andrew I. Harris (2), Alasdair P. Thomson (3) ((1) Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, (2) University of Maryland, (3) Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh) We prese...

News Briefing: Scientists Make New Discovery About Planets Outside Our Solar System. • Michael Turner, head of NSF's Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences • Geoffrey Marcy, University of California, Berkeley • Paul Butler, Carnegie Institution of...

Space dust annoys astronomers just as much as the household variety when it interferes with their observations of distant stars. And yet space dust also poses one of the great mysteries of astronomy. "We not only do not know what the stuff is, but we do not know where it is made or how it gets into sp...

'UFO sightings' in Wellington and Taranaki Sightings of a "UFO" were reported in New Plymouth and Wellington, although a witness from Waikanae believes there is an earthly explanation. Jennie Velvin, of New Plymouth, said everyone would think she had had one too many wines when she saw...

Volcán San Cristóbal is the highest volcano in Nicaragua at 1,745 m. Located near to the northwest corner of the country, it forms a majestic backdrop to the city of Chichigalpa, Chinandega. It is also among the most active volcanos in Nicaragua, erupting frequently (if gently). [url=http://en.w...

Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 - September 28, 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist who was one of the most important founders of medical microbiology. Read more