We've got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level--Google Ocean. The company has assembled an advisory group of oceanography experts, and in December invited researchers from institutions around the world to the Mountain View, Calif., Googleplex. There, the...
The Ladd Observatory is an astronomical observatory of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Read more Latitude: 41°5020N, Longitude: 71°2357W
Hubble Goes to the eXtreme to Assemble Farthest Ever View of the Universe Like photographers assembling a portfolio of best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of mankind's deepest-ever view of the universe. Called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, the photo was assembled by...
A Decade of Extrasolar Planets around Normal StarsTitle: Planetary migration
Authors: Philip J. Armitage, W. K. M. Rice
Gravitational torques between a planet and gas in the protoplanetary disk result in orbital migration of the planet, and are likely to play an impor...
A five-year mission to hunt for the first supernovae, or exploding stars, in the universe is to be led by a professor of astrophysics at Queen's University Belfast. Professor Stephen Smartt will head a team of 12 international scientists who will come to Queen's to begin work on the project next mont...
Sunspots 11575 (top), 11579 (bottom), and a new large sunspot (bottom) that has emerged over the Suns eastern limb, captured with a 100mm refractor + Vesta pro webcam + Green, Solar and IR-cut filters. Very hazy and cloudy conditions Mus...
New Zealand leads world with countrywide earthquake drill More than a million people in New Zealand have taken part in what is believed to be the world's first nationwide earthquake drill. Read more
Title: Study of HD 169392A observed by CoRoT and HARPS Authors: S. Mathur, H. Bruntt, C. Catala, O. Benomar, G.R. Davies, R.A. Garcia, D. Salabert, J. Ballot, B. Mosser, C. Regulo, W.J. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth, R. Handberg, S. Hekker, L. Mantegazza, E. Michel, E. Poretti, M. Rainer, I.W. Roxburgh, R. S...
Title: A Cold Milky Way Stellar Stream in the Direction of Triangulum Authors: Ana Bonaca, Marla Geha, Nitya Kallivayalil We present evidence for a new Milky Way stellar tidal stream in the direction of the Andromeda and Triangulum (M31 and M33) galaxies. Using a matched-filter technique, we sear...
On 26 September 1687, an Ottoman ammunition dump inside the Parthenon was ignited by Venetian bombardment. The resulting explosion severely damaged the Parthenon and its sculptures. In 1806, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin removed some of the surviving sculptures, with the Ottoman Turks' permi...
RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line (known as Cunard-White Star when the vessel entered service). Queen Mary was launched on 26 September 1934, and sailed on her maiden voyage on 27 May 1936. Read more
Orion Funscope / Celestron Firstscope review/comparison David Fuller from "Eyes on the Sky" compares and contrasts the Orion Funscope and the Celestron Firstscope and with the eyepieces and accessories included with each....
A rock garden of a different kind is taking shape at Michigan Technological University. The new Mining Boulder Garden will highlight the Upper Peninsula's mining heritage and Michigan Tech's role in the industry. It comes at a time when interest in mining is on the rise and Michigan Tech is reviving...
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, CBE FRS, RDI, FRAeS (26 September 1887 - 30 October 1979), was an English scientist, engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the RAF in Operation Chastise (the "Dambusters" raid) to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley durin...
The 270 - 600 metre wide asteroid 2002 EZ2 will make a close pass (74.8 lunar distances, 0.1922 AU), travelling at 6.76 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th September, 2012 @ 22:07 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
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