* Astronomy

Return of the Hebridean Science Festival After a very successful inaugural festival last year, the second Hebridean Science Festival returns next week and aims to be even bigger and better. Taking place from March 17 to 19, the festival will see workshops and talks run by groups and individuals fro...

Teens send Lego man 80,000 feet into space Two Canadian 17-year-olds, Matthew Ho and Asad Muhammad, send a Lego man 80,000 feet into space.

Rare fireball meteor caught on camera Last week, scientists at Brown University's Ladd Observatory noticed something very unusual showing up on their overnight sky camera. The skies in Providence were clear on January 19 when a fireball meteor appeared around 3 a.m. [url=http://www.wpri.com/...

Title: Almost All of Kepler's Multiple Planet Candidates are Planets Authors: Jack J. Lissauer, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Jason F. Rowe, Stephen T. Bryson, Elisabeth Adams, Lars A. Buchhave, David R. Ciardi, William D. Cochran, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Eric B. Ford, Francois Fressin, John Geary, Ronald L. G...

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The 1951 Operation Ranger "Able" test was the first continental US nuclear detonation after the 1945 Trinity test Read more

Orbital elements: 2012 BZ34 Earth MOID = 0.2699 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 52.56513 (2000.0) P Q n 0.43960191 Peri. 291.61918 +0.40720578 -0.82698971 a 1.7130222 Node 128.22743 +0.90707683 +0.41578775 e 0.3682031 Incl. 29.56874 -0.10674771 +0.37842907 P 2.24 H 22.5...

A new plugin for Winamp will allows you to copy music from your iPod to your computer. The plug-in, called ml_iPod, allows iPod users to bypass iTunes and manage music collections in Winamp instead. The iPod is supposed to work with iTunes...

Orbital elements: C/2011 Q2 (McNaught) T 2012 Jan. 20.35656 TT MPC q 1.3614304 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 34.40144 +0.67420542 +0.46388839 Node 287.10928 -0.73679221 +0.47603246 e 1.0 Incl. 36.96217 +0.05083590 +0.74712827 From 51 observations 2011 Aug. 26-30. MPEC 2011 - Q54 Comet C/2011 Q2 (...

2008 JD33 Earth Impact Risk SummaryTorino Scale (maximum)Palermo Scale (maximum)-8.66Palermo Scale (cumulative)-8.27Impact Probability (cumulative)1.2e-08Number of Potential Impacts35Vimpact13.18 km/sVinfinity6.41 km/sH27.4Diameter0.014 kmMass8.1e+06 kgEnergy2.3e-01 MT...

Darvaz Crater in Uzbekistan is called by locals "The Door to Hell". It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The 50-100 meter diameter crater was created by an accidental explosion and ground collapse as a result of natural gas exploratory drilling in 1986. The ignited natural gas h...

Donegal earthquake registers 2.2 on Richter scale Residents living in Donegal in the Irish Republic were woken by a minor earthquake in the early hours of Thursday morning. The British Geological Survey (BGS) confirmed an earthquake registering 2.2 on the Richter scale was registered in Buncra...

Orbital elements: 2012 BA35 Earth MOID = 0.0183 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 137.14997 (2000.0) P Q n 0.88927671 Peri. 234.13195 +0.94009437 -0.33615270 a 1.0709720 Node 145.40926 +0.33605442 +0.88572732 e 0.1170984 Incl. 5.74005 +0.05735861 +0.32013820 P 1.11 H 23.8...

Orbital elements: 2009 WD106 Earth MOID = 0.1585 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 37.95428 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36282748 Peri. 16.66730 +0.65451838 +0.73573353 a 1.9468654 Node 294.58237 -0.71366651 +0.52522741 e 0.7781520 Incl. 11.03591 -0.24957122 +0.42758899 P 2.72 H 18.7 G 0.15 U 8 [...

The 5 - 11 metre wide asteroid 2007 HV4 will make a close pass (4.8 lunar distances, 0.0122 AU), travelling at 8.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th April, 2012 @ 03:57 UT ±1 day 17:57. See more The Lunar Distan...