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NASA's Swift Satellite Discovers A New Black Hole In Our Galaxy NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The outburst, produced by a rare X-ray nova, announced the presence of a previously unknown stellar-...

NASA + University Students Launch TechEdSat From ISS NASA engineers, student interns and amateur radio enthusiasts around the world are listening for signals from a small, cube-shaped satellite launched into orbit from the International Space Station Thursday. The satellite, dubbed "T...

Tractors, snowmobiles and other vehicles that have seen active service in one of the most remote places on earth go on sale this week. They've been used to support British Antarctic Survey's science facilities at Halley and Rothera research stations. They are available to purchase through compet...

Sunspots 11585, 11582 and 11579 captured with a 80mm refractor + vesta pro webcam + solar filter + IR-cut filter

Title: Physical parameters and evolutionary route for the LMC interacting binary OGLE 05155332-6925581 Authors: Hernán Garrido, Ronald E. Mennickent, Gojko Djurasevic, Zbigniew Kolaczkowski, Ewa Niemzcura, Nicki Mennekens We analyse multicolour light curves and high resolution optical...

UFO Appears Over Crete[url=http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/10/04/call-the-x-files-uf...

Bali's Volcanic Mt Batur Put on Alert Status Bali's easily accessible Mt. Batur volcano has had its status raised from "normal" to "alert" (Waspada) due to elevated levels of hot gas emissions and increased seismic activity. [url=http://www.balidiscovery.com/message...

Space Centre launches anniversary celebration Challenger Space Centre Arizona, 21170 N. 83rd Ave., Peoria, is inviting the public to celebrate its 12th anniversary from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Friday. All activities are free with paid general admission to the center. [url=http://www.yourwestvalley....

The Best Way to Find Aliens: Look for Their Solar Power Plants In 1960, mathematician, physicist, and all-around genius Freeman Dyson predicted that every civilisation in the Universe eventually runs out of energy on its home planet, provided it survives long enough to do so. Dyson argued that thi...

Nadine is Second-Longest Tropical Cyclone in Atlantic Basin[url=http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/news/i...

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Using new data from ESA's XMM-Newton spaceborne observatory, astronomers have probed closer than ever to a supermassive black hole lying deep at the core of a distant active galaxy. The galaxy - known as 1H0707-495 - was observed during four 48-hr-long orbits of XMM-Newton around Earth, starting...

Title: The first planet detected in the WTS: an inflated hot-Jupiter in a 3.35 day orbit around a late F-star Authors: M. Cappetta, R. P. Saglia, J. L. Birkby, J. Koppenhoefer, D. J. Pinfield, S. T. Hodgkin, P. Cruz, G. Kovács, B. Sipöcz, D. Barrado, B. Nefs, Y. V. Pavlenko, L. Fossati, C. del Burgo, E. L...

The Hungaria asteroids are a group of asteroids in the main belt that orbit the Sun between 1.78 and 2.00 AU. The asteroids typically have a low eccentricity (below 0.18) and an inclination of 16 to 34 degrees. They have an orbital period of approximately 2.5 years. They have a resonance with Jupiter...

New prize for journalism aims to change perceptions of physics In a year that has already seen the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle and the landing on Mars of the Curiosity Rover the opportunities for the media to raise awareness of amazing science has never been greater. To celebrate the work of...