Title: Modelling the light-curve of KIC012557548: an extrasolar planet with a comet like tail Authors: Jan Budaj An object with a very peculiar light-curve was discovered recently using Kepler data from first two quarters. Authors argue that this object may be a transiting disintegrating plane...
Title: BD+48 740 - Li overabundant giant star with a planet. A case of recent engulfment? Authors: M. Adamów, A. Niedzielski, E. Villaver, G. Nowak, A. Wolszczan We report the discovery of a unique object, BD+48 740, a lithium overabundant giant with A(Li)=2.33 ±0.04 (where A(Li) = log(n_Li/n_H) +...
Barbara Zdunk, (1769 - August 21, 1811), was an ethnically Polish alleged arsonist and witch who lived in the city of Reszel, now in Poland but between 1772 and 1945 part of Prussia. She is considered by many to have been the last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe. Read more [video=http://www....
Claude Grahame-White (21 August 1879 - 19 August 1959) was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race. Read more
Clocking in on Mars time For one family, an exotic summer getaway means living on Mars. Martian time, that is. Since the landing of NASA's newest Mars rover, flight director David Oh's family has taken the unusual step of tagging along as he leaves Earth time behind and syncs his body clock with the red...
C2A (Computer Aided Astronomy) is a Planetarium software that allows you to build detailed views of stellar fields. An important objective of this software is to take into account the main catalogues available to professional and amateur astronomers in order to prepare observations on small...
Release 3.3a of Home Planet, a comprehensive astronomy / space / satellite-tracking package for Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP and above, is now available; see details at the end on how to download and install the software. Release 3.3a of Home Planet is a native 32-bit Wind...
Orbiting Astronomy Observatory 3 (OAO-3) was launched on 21 August 1972, and proved to be the most successful of the OAO missions. It was a collaborative effort between NASA and the UK's Science and Engineering Research Council, and carried an X-ray detector built by University College London's M...
On August 21, 1986, possibly triggered by a landslide, Lake Nyos suddenly emitted a large cloud of CO2, which suffocated 1,700 people and 3,500 livestock in nearby towns and villages. Read more
Jarvis Island (formerly known as Bunker Island) is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometre coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean at Coordinates: 0°22S 160°01W, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. The island's first known sighting by Europeans was on 21 August 1821 by the Brit...
The Consuales Ludi or Consualia is a festival instituted by Romulus, which honours Consus, the god of counsel, and the one who protects the harvest which is in storage at the time of the festival, which took place about the middle of Sextilis. There were sacrifices to Consus on 7 July and 15 December. C...
Title: MYStIX First Results: Spatial Structures of Massive Young Stellar Clusters Authors: Michael A. Kuhn (1), Adrian Baddeley (2), Eric D. Feigelson (1), Konstantin V. Getman (1), Patrick S. Broos (1), Leisa K. Townsley (1), Matthew S. Povich (1,3), Tim Naylor (4), Robert R. King (4), Heather A...
