Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the privatisation of space A company called Space-X plans to launch a rocket headed for the International Space Station. Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, and author of "Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Fronti...
USS Texas (BB-35), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honour of the U.S. state of Texas, is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. Read more
"Happy Birthday, Mr. President" is a song sung by actress and singer Marilyn Monroe on Saturday, May 19, 1962, for President John F. Kennedy at a celebration of his forty-fifth birthday, ten days before the actual day of his 45th birthday (Tuesday, May 29). Read more Happy Birthday Mr. P...
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has been selected to provide a satellite for Telesat, one of the world's leading satellite operators. The new satellite, Nimiq 6, which is ful...
Blade Runner 2 gets a writer and a female protagonist Director Ridley Scott has spilled a scant few details about the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, including word that a woman will be the hero this time around. Speaking to The Daily Beast, director Ridley Scott has opened up a bit about his plans for B...
Funding for Open University research to explore potential for life and habitats of Mars The Open University has received three funding awards, totalling £682,656, from the UK Space Agency's £2M allocation for science associated with Mars exploration. The projects will enhance the UK's scienc...
Starlightfinder is an instrument designed to provide the necessary knowledge resources to defend the quality of the night sky as a scientific, cultural, and environmental resource at risk. Starlight Destinations are visitable places characterised by excellent quality for the contemplation...
A tiny company in Tucson, Arizona, Spectral Instruments, make the craziest digital cameras on the planet. This one has a dynamic range so incredibly big that it can photograph both the sun and the stars in broad daylight. It's their 1110 series, a device with a 112 megapixel CCD, black and white, wit...
New England's Dark Day refers to an event that occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada. The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires, a thick fog, and cloud cover. Rea...
The SNP wants Scotland to be home to the UK's first commercial spaceport. Virgin Galactic has already identified RAF Lossiemouth in Moray as a potential launch site, and Angus Robertson, the local MP and the SNP's Westminster leader, is backing the idea. [url=http://news.scotsman.com/scotlan...
Melancholia is a 2011 sci-fi drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kiefer Sutherland. The narrative revolves around two sisters during and shortly after the wedding party of one of them, while Earth is about to collide with an approach...
Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958, Kings Heath, Birmingham) is an English actress and singer. In a career spanning more than thirty years, Toyah has had 13 Top 40 singles, released 22 studio albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films, and voiced and presente...
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias, DBE (18 May 1919 - 21 February 1991), was an English ballerina of the 20th century. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of all time. Read more
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