* Astronomy

The 1997 Umbria and Marche earthquake consisted of two earthquakes that occurred in the regions of Umbria and Marche, central Italy, in quick succession on the morning of September 26, 1997. Read more

Super Typhoon Vera (international designation: 5915) was the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history. With winds of 160 mph, Vera slammed into the southeastern coast of Japan in Wakayama Prefecture and then proceeded northeast across Honsh, causing widespread damage and flooding. 5...

French aviation adventurer Yves Rossy has flown his fixed-wing, jet-propelled "Fusion" flying apparatus into history this morning. His successful flight from just outside Calais, France to the White Cliffs of Dover, England was a stunning success. [url=http://www.examiner.com...

On 26 September, Golden Hind sailed into Plymouth with Sir Francis Drake and 59 remaining crew aboard, along with a rich cargo of spices and captured Spanish treasures. The Queen's half-share of the cargo surpassed the rest of the crown's income for that entire year. Drake was hailed as the first Eng...

Orbital elements: 2012 SW49 Earth MOID = 0.2672 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 13.09546 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25531161 Peri. 137.21345 +0.77930203 +0.62599041 a 2.4608719 Node 184.33635 -0.62657678 +0.77908770 e 0.5118772 Incl. 22.31673 +0.00948071 +0.03403469 P 3.86 H 22....

Orbital elements: Ephemeris: 2011 LX10 a,e,i = 2.52, 0.49, 23 q = 1.2882 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2011 05 09 22 31 04.8 -07 33 40 1.5119 1.5246 71.3 38.8 19.9 ... 2011 05 24 22 52 25.2 -01 26 53 1.4630 1.6051 78.5 38.2 19.9 ... 2011 06 01 23 01 29.4 +01 43 20 1.4337 1.6503 82.9 37.6...

Orbital elements: 2012 SM50 Earth MOID = 0.1063 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 313.80685 (2000.0) P Q n 0.74628270 Peri. 63.95427 +0.41726028 -0.90875931 a 1.2037431 Node 1.44184 +0.69993067 +0.31637536 e 0.1346233 Incl. 16.38216 +0.57964723 +0.27214543 P 1.32 H 24.3 G...

A group of British UFO-watchers is celebrating 50 years of searching for spacecraft in the sky. The annual conference of the British UFO Research Association (Bufora), is a gathering of enthusiasts for unexplained aerial phenomena that might, they speculate, be evidence of extra-terrestrial i...

Orbital elements: 2012 SK50 Earth MOID = 0.0566 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 11.18231 (2000.0) P Q n 0.66588039 Peri. 163.02589 +0.98595907 +0.16578024 a 1.2987889 Node 187.51734 -0.16540019 +0.95302435 e 0.1884338 Incl. 8.81150 -0.02296710 +0.25349853 P 1.48 H 24.8...

County Durham museum holds astronomy event Amateur astronomers can explore the wonders of the night sky during an evening of stargazing at a County Durham museum. The evening starts at 7pm and ends at 9pm, on Saturday, October 20. Tickets are £20 for adults and £5 for children and booking is essentia...

Ceramic Fragments Point to Artistry in the Ice Age Thirty-six fragments of fired clay, excavated in the Vela Spila cave on an island off the Adriatic coast, make up the second-largest collection found so far of the earliest human experiments with ceramic art. They are 15,000 to 17,500 years old - the...

Title: The Center is Everywhere Authors: David H. Weinberg "The Center is Everywhere" is a sculpture by Josiah McElheny, currently (through October 14, 2012) on exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. The sculpture is based on data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS...

China's first aircraft carrier enters service China's first aircraft carrier has entered into service, the Defence Ministry says. The 300m Liaoning - named after the province where it was refitted - is a refurbished Soviet ship purchased from Ukraine. For now the carrier has no operational aircr...

Reports of fireball over Oneida Lake scramble area rescue crews[url=http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Reports-of-fireball-over-Oneida-Lake-scramble-area-rescue-c...

The Lunar W can be observed on the floor of Mare Imbrium near to the Montes Apenninus mountain range