* Astronomy

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Snooty is a Florida Manatee (a sub-species of the West Indian Manatee), that resides at the South Florida Museum's Parker Manatee Aquarium in Bradenton, Florida. Born at the Miami Aquarium and Tackle Company on July 21, 1948 (age 63), Snooty was one of the first recorded captive manatee births. Sno...

Wearable Computer Pioneer, Dr. Steve Mann, Releases New Photo Supporting His Assault Claim Against McDonald's The plot thickens! Dr. Steve Mann, the human cyborg made famous by an incident in a Parisian McDonald's, just released a new picture (above) of his altercation with a McD's staffer. The p...

Orbital elements: 2012 OO PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0370 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 15.38819 (2000.0) P Q n 0.44920912 Peri. 179.95727 +0.94450983 +0.32732794 a 1.6885101 Node 160.86585 -0.30140231 +0.89691094 e 0.3806669 Incl. 4.81695 -0.13060563 +0.29733345 P 2.19 H 20...

Orbital elements: 2012 OQ PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0148 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 3.25956 (2000.0) P Q n 0.75864920 Peri. 100.60765 +0.81477874 -0.56870279 a 1.1906261 Node 294.14188 +0.47182081 +0.76342732 e 0.3950201 Incl. 7.09747 +0.33692837 +0.30619578 P 1.30 H 21....

NS Savannah, named for SS Savannah, was the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 million, including a $28.3 million nuclear reactor and fuel core, funded by United States government agencies as a demonstration project for the potential usage of nu...

Sunspot 11525 captured with a 100mm refractor + Vesta pro webcam.+ solar filter and front mounted green filter. Test for front mounted green filter.

A magnitude 12.6 nova was discovered in the constellation Sagittarius, by T. Kojima (Japan), on the 16th July, 2012. Position (J2000): R.A. 18 19 37.0 | Dec. -19° 07' 40''

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved a new name for a Martian Collis. Ulysses Colles for a 84.81-km-wide Martian hill located at 6.14°N, 236.91°E. The feature was named in honour of the classical albedo feature.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved a new name for a Martian crater. Lederberg for a 87.25-km-wide Martian crater located at 13.01°N, 314.08°E. The feature was named in honour of the American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008).

Vast aquifer found in Namibia could last for centuries A newly discovered water source in Namibia could have a major impact on development in the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa. Estimates suggest the aquifer could supply the north of the country for 400 years at current rates of consumption....

Title: IGRJ18179-1621: an obscured X-ray pulsar discovered by INTEGRAL Authors: E. Bozzo, C. Ferrigno, M. Tuerler, A. Manousakis, M. Falanga We report on all the INTEGRAL and Swift data collected during the first outburst observed from IGRJ18179-1621. The broad-band spectral analysis showed...

The 130 - 300 metre wide asteroid 2008 OX1 will make a close pass (72.9 lunar distances, 0.1873 AU), travelling at 15.35 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th July, 2012 @ 06:08 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 - January 6, 1884) was an Austrian scientist and Augustinian friar who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics. Read more

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (20 July 1919 - 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit of Mount Everest. They we...