* Astronomy

The 300 - 670 metre wide asteroid 2002 SV will make a close pass (41.9 lunar distances, 0.1076 AU), travelling at 9.17 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th September, 2012 @ 03:17 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...

A total lunar eclipse will take place on September 8, 2090. Read more

A total lunar eclipse will take place on September 8, 2090. Read more

A total solar eclipse occurred on September 8, 1885. Read more

A total solar eclipse occurred on September 8, 1885. Read more

NASA TV Airs Live Kickoff of 2012 Zero Robotics Competition[url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/sep/HQ_M12-176_Zero_Robot...

NASA'S Global Hawk Mission Begins With Flight to Hurricane Leslie NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia. With the Hurricane and Severe...

The Honda Point Disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships. On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while travelling at 20 knots (37 km/h), ran aground at Honda Point, a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the coast in Santa...

GEOTAIL is a satellite observing the Earth's magnetosphere. It was developed by ISAS in association with NASA, and launched by a Delta II rocket on July 24, 1992. Read more

On the 8th September, 2040, five planets, visible with the naked eye, will gather within ~9° of each other in the constellation Virgo.

A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 8, 1801. The eclipse was visible in Russia, and a little tip of Alaska, United States. Read more

The 67th Annual General Meeting of the British Interplanetary Society, will be held at the BIS HQ, 27/29 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1SZ on Saturday 8 September 2012 at 1 pm followed by refreshments. Read more

An exhibition by the Royal Astronomical Society and the Museum of the History of Science to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Gerard Mercator. 11 May to 9 September 2012 Read more

8 September 2012 - Star party at Caledon State Park. S Read more

8 September 2012 - Star party at Caledon State Park. S Read more

Astronomy in the Park at Red Rock Canyon Astronomy in the Park at Red Rock Canyon has been rescheduled for Saturday, September 8th, with the presentation on "Meteor Showers" beginning at 6:30PM. Read more

8th September 2012 Midday - Midnight A fun packed day with a whole host of music from around the Channel Islands, UK and France, plus some excellent children entertainers, fun, games, raffles, auctions, seafood from top chefs and a whole load of activities for you to enjoy. Read more

A new fossil species of horseshoe crab shows that the primitive marine creatures have existed for at least a hundred million years longer than previously believed, researchers say. The well-preserved fossils, found in Manitoba, Canada, suggest that the animals scuttled through shallow tropic...