A SL-4 rocket body that was launched on the 23rd October, 2012, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, for the Expedition 33/34 ISS mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 25th October, 2012 @ 14:30 GMT ± 12 hours.SL-4 RB
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Title: Spectrum of the unresolved cosmic X ray background: what is unresolved 50 years after its discovery Authors: A. Moretti (1), S. Vattakunnel (2), P.Tozzi (2), R. Salvaterra (3), P. Severgnini (1), D. Fugazza (1), F. Haardt (4,5), R. Gilli (6), ((1) INAF-Brera,(2) INAF-Trieste, (3) INAF-IA...
Kuril's Alaid volcano wakes up The Kuril Island volcano named Alaid, in Russia's Far East has begun spewing ash with the giant ash cloud rising to an altitude of up to 700 meters. Read more
Title: Identification of HESS J1303-631 as a Pulsar Wind Nebula through gamma-ray, X-ray and radio observations Authors: The H.E.S.S. Collaboration: A. Abramowski, F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A.G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, S. Balenderan, A. Balzer, A. Barnacka, Y. Becherini, J. Becker, K. Bernlöh...
Orbital elements: 2009 XF2 Earth MOID = 0.0818 AU Epoch 2009 Nov. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455160.5 MPC M 336.78358 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25319846 Peri. 84.07142 -0.95879795 -0.14186108 a 2.4745449 Node 87.58889 +0.03442074 -0.91802466 e 0.6899260 Incl. 14.26175 +0.28199593 -0.37027849 P 3.89 H 19.9 G 0.15 From...
Title: CLASH: Precise New Constraints on the Mass Profile of Abell 2261 Authors: Dan Coe, Keiichi Umetsu, Adi Zitrin, Megan Donahue, Elinor Medezinski, Marc Postman, Mauricio Carrasco, Timo Anguita, Margaret J. Geller, Kenneth J. Rines, Antonaldo Diaferio, Michael J. Kurtz, Larry Bradley, An...
NASA's Spitzer Sees Light of Lonesome Stars A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the mysterious glow of infrared light seen across the entire sky. It comes from isolated stars beyond the edges of galaxies. These stars are thought to have once belonged to the...
Stargazing and moon sighting at SSU Observatory Join a regional star party and take a tour of the night sky from 8-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the Sonoma State University Observatory. See the craters of the moon, stars and other celestial sights with both expert and amateur astronomers on hand for vie...
Title: The Herschel view of the environment of the radio galaxy 4C+41.17 at z = 3.8 Authors: D. Wylezalek, J. Vernet, C. De Breuck, D. Stern, A. Galametz, N. Seymour, M. Jarvis, P. Barthel, G. Drouart, T. R. Greve, M. Haas, N. Hatch, R. Ivison, M. Lehnert, K. Meisenheimer, G. Miley, N. Nesvadba, H. J. A....
Title: SDSS 1355+0856: A detached white dwarf + M star binary in the period gap discovered by the SWARMS survey Authors: Carles Badenes, Marten H. van Kerkwijk, Mukremin Kilic, Steven J. Bickerton, Tsevi Mazeh, Fergal Mullally, Lev Tal-Or, Susan E. Thompson SDSS 1355+0856 was identified as a hot w...
1878 Edison audio unveiled It's scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the world's first recorded blooper. The modern masses can now listen to what experts say is the oldest playable recording of an American voice and the first-ever capturing of a musical performance, thanks to digital adva...
The Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory against a numerically superior French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday, 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day), near modern-day Azincourt, in northern France Read more[spoiler][video=http://www.youtube.com/w...
Frank Piasecki (October 24, 1919 - February 11, 2008) was an American engineer and helicopter aviation pioneer. Piasecki pioneered tandem rotor helicopter designs and created the compound helicopter concept of vectored thrust using a ducted propeller. Read more
William (Willy) A. Higinbotham (October 25, 1910 - November 10, 1994), an American physicist, is credited with creating one of the first computer games, Tennis for Two. Like Pong, it is a portrait of a game of tennis or ping-pong, but featured different game mechanics that have very little resembla...
