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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved a new name for an albedo feature on Mars. Sinai Fossae is a 585-km-wide Martian fossae (depression) located at 14.0°S, 281.0°E. The feature was named in honour of an Egyptian territory located in Asia.

Physicist Albert Silverman dies at 92 Albert Silverman, professor emeritus of physics and nuclear studies at Cornell who led pioneering experiments in particle physics during his 38 years at the university, died Jan. 17 at age 92. Silverman is credited with making important contributions that l...

Kosmos 954 was a Soviet Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite (RORSAT) with an onboard nuclear reactor. The satellite's reactor core failed to separate and boost into a nuclear-safe orbit, and instead remained on board in an orbit that decayed until the satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere (t...

Harold Delos Babcòck (January 24, 1882 - April 8, 1968) was an American astronomer, and the father of Horace W. Babcòck, of English and German ancestry. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, he worked at the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1907 until 1948. He specialised in solar spect...

Maxima of long period variable W Ophiuchi on the 12th March, 2010 Magnitude: 9.3-14.9 V Type: Mira Period: 332.68 days Position (2000): RA 16 21 24.46, Dec -07 42 00.2

2009 BO58 = 9B8D32D (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 BO58 Earth MOID = 0.0915 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 47.22521 (2000.0) P Q n 1.28784899 Peri. 207.72726 +0.89389712 +0.29745796 a 0.8366801 Node 130.75733 -0.28335192 +0.95464295 e 0.4499319 Incl. 26.27826 -0.34736095 -0.0...

Hi What is the brand / type of telescopes for newbie? (if possible, under US$ 50) What is the best primary astronomy books for newbie? Thank you

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces delivery of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Communication Unit to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in preparation for launch on Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-129. The unit will be delivered by Atla...

The Kosmos 2176 early warning satellite that was launched on the 24th January, 1992, from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 16th January, 2012 @ 04:17 GMT ± 48 hours.KOSMOS 2176 1 21847U 92003A 12013.62093891 .55944751 -49908-6 12260-2 8978 2 21847...

Orbital elements: 2012 BT23 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0492 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 346.04466 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36171010 Peri. 43.04462 -0.70041014 +0.71370692 a 1.9508728 Node 182.52552 -0.69010929 -0.67966721 e 0.5944961 Incl. 9.05294 -0.18213951 -0.16933672 P 2.72 H 1...

TEDxTalk: Maria Sundin - Water - a necessity for life on Earth and other Planets Why is there water on earth? Life is highly connected to liquid water so the question arises, are there other worlds like ours? Maria Sundin is an associate profe...

Title: Chandra & HST Imaging of the Quasars PKS B0106+013 & 3C345: Inverse Compton X-rays and Magnetised Jets Authors: Preeti Kharb (1), Matthew Lister (2), Herman Marshall (3), Brandon Hogan (2,4) ((1) Rochester Institute of Technology, NY (2) Purdue University, IN (3) Massachusetts...

Title: Examining the Radio-Loud/Radio-Quiet dichotomy with new Chandra and VLA observations of 13 UGC galaxies Authors: Preeti Kharb (1), A. Capetti (2), D. J. Axon (1,3), M. Chiaberge (4), P. Grandi (5), A. Robinson (1), G. Giovannini (6), B. Balmaverde (7), D. Macchetto (4), R. Montez (1) ((1) R...

Fireball/Meteor Recorded Over 42-Seconds Long from New Mexico - January 21, 2012

Fireball/Meteor Recorded Over 42-Seconds Long from New Mexico - January 21, 2012

Astronomers have discovered one of the closest stars to our Sun, and they say that more undetected close neighbours may be lurking in our vicinity. The new star was found because its relatively swift motion across the sky was picked up by automated sky surveys. It ranks as the third closest star syste...