IIT-B students set up society to study Mars A group of IIT-Bombay students have embarked on a different type of stellar mission - to "launch" Indian students and others to Mars. Towards this end, they have formed The Mars Society, dedicated to the study of the red planet. [url=http://edu...
Scientists at the Johnson Spaceflight Centre haven't let a lack of money stop them from thinking big. It was exciting news at the time - the US Government hi-tech research lab DARPA and NASA working hand-in-hand to take Earthlings beyond the stars. It was even given a name - the 100-Year Starship Stud...
Hubble Spots a Busy Barred Spiral This classic shot of a galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 3259 is a bright barred spiral galaxy located approximately 110 million light-years from Earth. Being a fully-formed active galaxy, its bright c...
Sunspots 11395, 11391, 11393 and 11389 Expand (147kb, 560 x 560)Credit: SOHO/MDI The sun captured through a 60mm refractor and Vesta Pro webcam. Baader contrast filter + UV + IR fi...
Title: High-Resolution Optical and Near-Infrared Images of the FS Tauri Circumbinary Disk Authors: Tomonori Hioki, Yoichi Itoh, Yumiko Oasa, Misato Fukagawa, Masahiko Hayashi We present an H-band image of FS Tauri, a 0.2"-separated classical T Tauri binary system, taken with the Corona...
Orbital elements:
2011 XO3 Earth MOID = 0.1588 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 353.07687 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.16870767 Peri. 209.84311 -0.96164044 -0.10654537
a 3.2437409 Node 321.36128 +0.25095416 -0.71380265
e 0.6600122 Incl. 23.88019 -0.11076852 -0.69219495
P 5.84 H 16.5...
The Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 AM (Pacific time) on January 9, 1857. It ruptured the San Andreas Fault for a length of about 350 kilometres, between Parkfield and Wrightwood. Read more
Maxima of long period variable RU Aquilae on the 9th January, 2012. Magnitude: 9.4-14.0 Period: 274.24 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 20 12 44.82 | Dec. +12° 59' 41.3''
Ashen light is a subtle glow that is seen from the night side of the planet Venus. This ashen light is said to be very similar to Earthshine on our moon, but not as distinguished in brightness. It was first sighted by the astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli on January 9, 1643, and has been frequently s...
Anna University will soon embark on the second edition of Anusat, vice-chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar said on Saturday. The first version of Anusat proved to be a "success" and has prompted the university to embark on developing the second mission [url=http://www.deccanchronicle.co...
Ancient cave paintings found in central Peru The president of the Cave Art Peruvian Association, Gori Echevarria reported on Thursday the finding of cave paintings depicting humans, animals and geometric figures (circa 8-12,000 years old) in the province of Churcampa, located in the country'...
A group of Swansea astronomers are giving up the Marina observatory because they can not afford what the council wants to charge them. Swansea Astronomical Society has occupied Marina Towers Observatory on Swansea foreshore for more than 16 years. [url=http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/so...
James Morgan wanted to show me something. A long-distance truck driver for most of his life, Morgan said he had noticed pieces of a meteorite near the intersection of High Rock and Goodman roads. He first came upon the heavenly debris maybe five days earlier and assumed it was asphalt or remnants of a r...
