Cosmic competition takes flight at the Balloon Fiesta The hot air balloon's place in scientific history will be marked at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta this summer, with school pupils being invited to help celebrate the city's cosmic heritage. This year marks 100 years since Nobel Prize winner Vict...
Orbital elements:
2012 FA14 Earth MOID = 0.0057 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 324.80267 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.50156005 Peri. 328.11303 -0.46938155 +0.88165273
a 1.5688717 Node 273.85208 -0.79953602 -0.44776510
e 0.3682478 Incl. 2.79640 -0.37473072 -0.14897949
P 1.97 H 23.1...
gSTAR game power to uncover the universe Swinburne University of Technology's new $3 million GPU Supercomputer for Theoretical Astrophysics, 'gSTAR', has been launched today by Federal Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans. gSTAR represents the...
Large meteor shoots across Northern Ohio skies Lots of folks across northern Ohio did. A meteor streaking across the Ohio skies put on quite a show for a few brief seconds Thursday evening. Reports began coming in just after 10 p.m. on Thursday of a bright object streaking across the sky at about 9:55...
ESA showcases new Earth Explorer excellence Three new satellite concepts are vying to be chosen as ESA's seventh Earth Explorer mission. In preparation for selection next year, a series of reports has been published presenting the scientific and technical ambition of each mission. Since the Bi...
The T Tau-type, pre main-sequence eruptive variable star, EX Lupi is in outburst. Albert Jones of New Zealand, observed the star at mag V = 9.5 on the 19th January, 2008. Position(2000): RA: 16:03:05.494 , Dec: -40:18:25.29 Spectral type: M0 EX Lupi is the prototype of the EXor class, which are pre-m...
According to Chen Shanguang, director of the China Space Centre, China has at last begun to work on the selection process to train women taikonauts.
Studies about the impact of space flight on women have been initiated.
Women taikonauts may have different requirements to live aboard a space...
Title: Study of the structure and kinematics of the NGC 7465/64/63 triplet galaxies Authors: O.A. Merkulova (1), G.M. Karataeva (1), V.A. Yakovleva (1), A.N. Burenkov (2) ((1) Astronomical Institute of Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia, (2) Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russ...
Title: A Chandra observation of the millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17511-3057 Authors: A. Paizis, M. A. Nowak, J. Rodriguez, J. Wilms, S. Chaty, M. Del Santo, P. Ubertini IGR J17511-3057 is a low mass X-ray binary hosting a neutron star and is one of the few accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars with X-...
Title: GRB 100219A with X-shooter - abundances in a galaxy at z = 4.7 Authors: C. C. Thoene, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Goldoni, A. de Ugarte Postigo, S. Campana, S. D. Vergani, S. Covino, T. Kruehler, L. Kaper, N. Tanvir, T. Zafar, V. D'Elia, J. Gorosabel, J. Greiner, P. Groot, F. Hammer, P. Jakobsson, S. Klose,...
Title: HST Observations of the HD 202628 Debris Disk Authors: John E. Krist, Karl R. Stapelfeldt, Geoffrey Bryden, Peter Plavchan A ring-shaped debris disk around the G2V star HD 202628 (d = 24.4 pc) was imaged in scattered light at visible wavelengths using the coronagraphic mode of the Space Tele...
2002 MN is the provisional name given to an asteroid that on June 14, 2002 missed the Earth by only 120,000 km, about one third the distance to the Moon (0.3 LD). Read more
Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It is organised by EWEA (European Wind Energy Association) and GWEC (Global Wind Energy Council). It is a day when wind energy is celebrated, information is exchanged and adults and children find out about wind energy, its power an...
A 'Real Time' Accurate 3D Space Exploration Application, Based on European Space Agency Data, Bundled with Actual NASA Imagery, A Catalogue of over 100,000 Stars, and 100,000+ Stars to visit, Dozens of Satellites to view and All the Planets in the Solar System to fly to you know you will be busy for m...
Title: Discovery of the host galaxy of HDF850.1, the brightest sub-mm source in the Hubble Deep Field Authors: J.S. Dunlop (University of Edinburgh), R.J. McLure, T. Yamada, M. Kajisawa, J.A. Peacóck, R.G. Mann, D.H. Hughes, I. Aretxaga, T.W.B. Muxlow, A.M.S. Richards, M. Dickinson, R.J. Iviso...
