* Astronomy

Love Parade is back July 21th 2012. Berlin/EUR/Germany

The 20 - 44 metre wide asteroid 2008 CE119 will make a close pass (26.3 lunar distances, 0.0675 AU), travelling at 4.69 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd March, 2012 @ 13:35 UT ±2 days 13:35. See more The Lunar...

The 1400 - 3100 metre wide asteroid 2005 GO21 will make a close pass (17.1 lunar distances, 0.0440 AU), travelling at 13.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st June, 2012 @ 18:15 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distan...

Plasmon rulers measure in 3D Researchers in the US and Germany have used a plasmon ruler to show in principle how to measure the three dimensional position of objects at the nano-scale. The ruler, which consists of a stack of gold nano-rods, could one day be used to improve understanding of soft matte...

STSCI ASTROPHYSICIST SHARES 2006 GRUBER COSMOLOGY PRIZE Astrophysicist Michael G. Hauser (Space Telescope Science Institute deputy director and adjunct professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.) is a member of the Cosmic Backg...

Title: The clustering of H-alpha emitters at z=2.23 from HiZELS Authors: J. E. Geach (McGill), D. Sobral (Leiden), R. C. Hickox (Dartmouth), D. A. Wake (Yale), Ian Smail (Durham), P. N. Best (IfA, Edinburgh), C. M. Baugh (Durham), J. P. Stott (Durham) We present a clustering analysis of 370 high-co...

Title: The Young, Massive, Star Cluster Sandage-96 After the Explosion of SN 2004dj in NGC 2403 Authors: J.Vinko, K.Sarneczky, Z.Balog, S.Immler, B.E.K.Sugerman, P.J. Brown, K.Misselt, Gy.M.Szabo, Sz.Csizmadia, M.Kun, P.Klagyivik, R.J.Foley, A.V.Filippenko, B.Csak, L.L.Kiss The brigh...

Title: A photometric and astrometric investigation of the brown dwarfs in Blanco 1 Authors: S. L. Casewell, D. E. A. Baker, R. F. Jameson, S. T. Hodgkin, P. D. Dobbie, E. Moraux We present the results of a photometric and astrometric study of the low mass stellar and substellar population of the young...

A ULA Atlas 5 rocket (AV-023) is scheduled to launch the NROL-38 military satellite from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station between 12:26-13:25 UT, 18th June, 2012. Read more

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Sun 20.06.12 (Solstice remix) Sunspots 11504, 11507, 11508 and a new small sunspot group (right) captured with a 80mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. (DIY) Solar filter + IR-cut f...

The fire service says a fire in a Bay of Plenty paddock was initially incorrectly reported as having been caused by a meteorite. Source

Sunspots 11504, 11507, 11508 and a new small sunspot group (right) captured with a 80mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. (DIY) Solar filter + IR-cut filter.

Title: An unusual stone circle, Chilcotin Range, British Columbia, Canada Authors: Michael Czajkowski, Andrew V. Okulitch A unique circular feature of uncertain origin lies above the tree line on the eastern flanks of the Coast Range of British Columbia, Canada. It is composed of white, fractur...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the French Space Agency (CNES, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) for loading JAXA space environment measurement equipment on the Jason-2 satellite of the CNES. The signing ceremony took p...