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Credit ESO The galaxies in this cosmic pairing, captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, display some curious features, demonstrating that each member of the duo is close enough to feel the distorting gravitational influence of the...

Dormant undersea volcano near Kalpakkam atomic plant? Even as massive protests have stalled the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant, activists have now raised concerns over the safety of another nuclear site in Tamil Nadu. The activists claim that there is documentary evidence that t...

Own the 4th-largest chunk of Moon rock for $380,000 A meteorite chunk called Dar al Gani 1058 believed to be composed of moon rock is now up for grabs. The hefty chunk of space debris is officially the 4th largest piece of the moon that resides here on Earth, and is thought to have been blown off the lunar s...

Orbital elements: 2012 RX16 Earth MOID = 0.2052 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 356.09712 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36470283 Peri. 275.04840 +0.94472808 -0.32506527 a 1.9401857 Node 103.92613 +0.31552722 +0.86610869 e 0.3825922 Incl. 2.52014 +0.08905852 +0.37972136 P 2.70 H 21....

Orbital elements: 2012 RT16 Earth MOID = 0.0122 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 110.31537 (2000.0) P Q n 1.09164685 Peri. 54.34690 -0.68617228 +0.72702444 a 0.9341457 Node 172.18201 -0.71205287 -0.66436949 e 0.2955459 Incl. 10.40093 -0.14882313 -0.17334547 P 0.90 H 26....

Orbital elements: 2012 RS16 Earth MOID = 0.1956 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 18.41123 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32941125 Peri. 98.97234 +0.74655876 +0.66305694 a 2.0763972 Node 219.52247 -0.63925363 +0.69203223 e 0.4292296 Incl. 4.94200 -0.18440393 +0.28538900 P 2.99 H 21.3 G...

Orbital elements: 2012 RQ16 Earth MOID = 0.2335 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 12.19846 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28031241 Peri. 81.55821 +0.89403585 +0.44098825 a 2.3122840 Node 252.24413 -0.43669598 +0.81853688 e 0.4699564 Incl. 4.75375 -0.09998258 +0.36813957 P 3.52 H 20.9 G...

Garnet Sands in Nome, Alaska The beaches of Nome are rich in red garnet grains. The beaches of Nome are also very rich in grains of gold, and you can bet that if you pan some of the red garnet sand along the Nome beaches, you will find dozens of small flakes of gold. If you pan some of the more gravely beach mat...

Charles Lacy Veach (September 18, 1944 - October 3, 1995) was a USAF fighter pilot and NASA astronaut. Read more

Viktor Hambardzumyan (September 18 [O.S. September 5] 1908 - August 12, 1996) was a Soviet Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics. He worked in the field of physics of stars and nebulae, stellar astronomy, dynamics of stellar systems and cosmogony of stars and gal...

Title: PKS0347+05: a radio-loud/radio-quiet double AGN system triggered in a major galaxy merger Authors: C. Tadhunter, C. Ramos Almeida, R. Morganti, J. Holt, M. Rose, D. Dicken, K. Inskip We present optical, infrared and radio observations of the powerful FRII radio source PKS0347+05 (z=0.3...

Title: Star formation activity in the Galactic H II region Sh2-297 Authors: K.K. Mallick, D.K. Ojha, M.R. Samal, A.K. Pandey, B.C. Bhatt, S.K. Ghosh, L.K. Dewangan, M. Tamura We present a multiwavelength study of the Galactic H II region Sh2-297, located in Canis Major OB1 complex. Optical spectr...

Orbital elements: 2012 RV16 Earth MOID = 0.1155 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 347.51848 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21305116 Peri. 67.71320 +0.23804598 -0.96968468 a 2.7763877 Node 9.06010 +0.71097798 +0.13526161 e 0.6775016 Incl. 20.51583 +0.66169814 +0.20350899 P 4.63 H 19.6 G...

Orbital elements: 2012 RR16 Earth MOID = 0.0024 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 29.70526 (2000.0) P Q n 0.60885220 Peri. 145.72130 +0.71687961 +0.69710129 a 1.3786736 Node 170.05825 -0.65371935 +0.67784117 e 0.2950822 Incl. 3.83609 -0.24235231 +0.23362605 P 1.62 H 24.2...

Orbital elements: 2012 RO15 Earth MOID = 0.0661 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 22.25279 (2000.0) P Q n 0.48022171 Peri. 324.37162 +0.77568798 +0.63097427 a 1.6150087 Node 356.41896 -0.51784793 +0.62419042 e 0.3602284 Incl. 12.39055 -0.36075154 +0.46071444 P 2.05 H 23....