Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (6 October 1803 - 4 April 1879) was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist. In 1828, Dove observed that tropical cyclones rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, but clockwise in the Southern. Read more
Nikolay Stepanovich Chernykh (October 6, 1931 - May 26, 2004) was a Soviet and Russian astronomer. Chernykh worked with his wife and colleague Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh. The asteroid 2325 Chernykh discovered in 1979 by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos was named in their honour. Read more
Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind (October 6, 1831 - February 12, 1916) was a German mathematician who did important work in abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the foundations of the real numbers. Read more
Sergei Lvovich Sobolev (6 October 1908 - 3 January 1989) was a Soviet mathematician working in mathematical analysis and partial differential equations. Read more
Evgenii Mikhailovich Landis (Yevgeny Mikhaylovich Landis; October 6, 1921-December 12, 1997) was a Soviet mathematician who worked mainly on partial differential equations. Read more
Todays award goes to the anonymous spammer who hacked the NOAA.gov website. More than 70 pages pushing the prescription drug Soma were uploaded to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) government website by an unauthorised user over the weekend. The unauthorised page...
Russia gets 30-year extension for base in Tajikistan Tajikistan has allowed Russia a 30-year extension on a Soviet-era military base seen as a bulwark against Islamist militancy and drug-trafficking. Read more
The 88 - 200 metre wide asteroid 2006 TD will make a close pass (48.3 lunar distances, 0.1240 AU), travelling at 11.58 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd October, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the dista...
Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway - April 18, 2002, Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed 8,000 km by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islan...
Reach For The Stars At Flag Fen! Following the phenomenal response to the Splendid Stargazing events in January, Vivacity and Peterborough Astronomical Society are celebrating World Space Week with a special stargazing event on 6 October 2012. Star Party will take place from 6pm - 10pm (last entr...
The Battle of Tigranocerta was fought on October 6, 69 BC between the forces of the Roman Republic and the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great. Read more
India successfully test fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a naval ship off the coast of the Orissa state on Sunday. The single-stage ship-based missile was flight-tested at around 11.30 am and the trial was successful, defence sources said. [url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/...
McGill researchers explore big questions about universe A research team led by McGill University Physics Prof. Alexander Maloney is among the winners of the New Frontiers in Astronomy & Cosmology International Grant and Essay Competition who will present their winning proposals and essay...
Title: Three Puzzles from Nuclear Astrophysics Authors: W. C. Haxton I discuss three open problems in astrophysics where nuclear physics can make important contributions: the solar abundance problem, dark matter particle detection, and the origin of the r-process elements. [url=http://arx...
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