* Astronomy

Roman Mosaics Help Scientist Track Endangered Fish A few years ago Paolo Guidetti was leafing through a book on ancient art when he came across a Roman mosaic showing a man's legs dangling from the mouth of an enormous fish. Struck by the picture, Guidetti, a biologist at the University of Salento in I...

Sky1 Sets UK Premiere Date For 'Fringe' Season 5[url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2012/09/sky1-sets-uk-premiere-date-for-fringe-season-5/]Rea...

Satellite swarm released from ISS Five small satellites were released from the International Space Station from late Thursday night to early Friday morning Japan time in the first such experiment to employ a robotic arm, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. [url=http://www.japantime...

UFO sighting at Nanoose Bay Vancouver Island continues to be a hot spot for sightings of unidentified flying objects, says a Houston, B.C.-based researcher. Read more

Storm knocks out power for thousands; some residents likely without electricity through weekend Thousands of Manitobans were without electricity Friday because of Thursday's snowstorm. Power outages affected about 5,000 to 6,000 people in southeastern Manitoba, with some potentially faci...

Tomb of a Maya Holy Snake Lord found in Guatemala Archaeologists discover the tomb of one of the greatest queens of Classic Maya civilization piecing together for the first time Maya archaeological and historical records. The tomb of Lady K'abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord, was discov...

3500-year-old Minoan building found An accidental meeting in 1982 between a well-known Greek archaeologist, Yannis Sakellarakis, and a shepherd from Crete has led to an archaeological discovery of great importance - Zominthos, a settlement from the Minoan era on the plain by the same name, 1.18...

30 Years On, Arcade Classic Zaxxon Continues 30 years ago Segas isometric space shooter Zaxxon took arcades by storm, confusing early gamers with its at-the-time freaky isometric perspective. Players were tasked with destroying the evil robot Zaxxon deep within its asteroid base. How did we get...

Inside a Soviet Spy Station

Sunspots 11585 and 11582 (top) captured with a 80mm refractor + vesta pro webcam + solar filter + IR-cut filter

The moon captured with a 100mm refractor + Vesta pro webcam + DIY focal reducer + IR-cut filter. Music via an Amiga 1200

The eyepiece that you use in your telescope determines what magnification or power that you can see. Eyepieces are usually described by their "focal lengths". A 4mm eyepiece is an example of a very short focal length, and will deliver high power. A 40mm eyepiece is a long focal length, an...

World premieres at music festival A series of concerts celebrating both new and acclaimed composers and featuring world premieres will be a highlight of the 2012 Soundstream Festival, from October 11-15. Read more

Chichen Itza ("at the mouth of the well of the Itza"), was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization. The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Tinum, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. Read more...

Maria Pauer (October 1734-6 - 1750 in Salzburg), was an alleged Austrian witch. She was the last person to be executed for witchcraft in Austria. Read more