* Astronomy

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807 - December 14, 1873) was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel. Later, he accep...

Over 400 Aftershocks Rattle Western Bulgaria in 4 Days Over 400 aftershocks have been registered in Bulgaria since the strong May 22 earthquake, according to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The total number includes numerous mini-aftershocks that have occurred in the region of Pernik in Wes...

Berlin celebrates its annual Carnival of Cultures

Milutin Milankovic (28 May 1879 - 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, civil engineer, doctor of technology, university professor, and writer. Milankovic gave two fundamental contributions to global science. The first contribution is th...

Jacopo Francesco Riccati (28 May 1676 - 15 April 1754) was an Italian mathematician, born in Venice. He is now remembered for the Riccati equation. Read more

The Battle of Halys, also known as the Battle of the Eclipse, took place at the Halys River (present-day "Kzlrmak" river in Turkey) on May 28, 585 BC between the Medes and the Lydians. The eclipse was predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales. Read more

Ruby Violet Payne-Scott (28 May 1912 - 25 May 1981) was an Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy, and was the first female radio astronomer. Read more

Sunspots 11492(left) and 11490 captured with an 80mm refractor + Vesta Po webcam. (Solar filter + Baader contrast booster + IR-cut filter). [video=http://www.youtube.com/wa...

The May 2006 Java earthquake occurred at 05:54 local time on 27 May 2006 (22:54 GMT 26 May), in the Indian Ocean around 25 km (16 mi) south-southwest of the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, near Galur, on the southern side of the island of Java (7.962°S 110.458°E), 10 km below the seabed, with a magnitude...

Orbital elements: P/2005 N3 = 2012 K4 (Larson) Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 T 2012 Sept. 29.11609 TT MPC q 2.1869358 (2000.0) P Q n 0.14534219 Peri. 58.81485 +0.99430826 +0.04441486 a 3.5826819 Node 298.48060 -0.08306324 +0.89238790 e 0.3895814 Incl. 6.32545 +0.06672015 +0.4...

Indian boy solves 350-year Newton math puzzle A 16-year-old Indian origin schoolboy in Germany has managed to crack puzzles that baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years, it was reported here Saturday. Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has been hailed a genius after working out the problems se...

Ibn Khaldn or Ibn Khaldoun (May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH - March 19, 1406 AD/808 AH) was an Arab historiographer and historian born in North Africa in present-day Tunisia and is sometimes viewed as one of the forerunners of modern historiography, sociology and economics (alongside the earlier Indian sch...

Sir John Douglas Cóckcroft OM KCB CBE FRS (27 May 1897 - 18 September 1967) was a British physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for splitting the atomic nucleus with Ernest Walton, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power. Read more

The Pokhra (H5) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 27th May, 1866. A total mass of 350 g was recovered. 26° 43'N, 82° 40'E

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