Parts of a fireball seen in Finnish skies on Tuesday evening have fallen in central Finland. According to the Finnish astronomy magazine Tähdet ja Avaruus (Stars and Space), the fireball fragmented, with the majority of pieces falling near the centre of Jämsä town. Read more
Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS (8 January 1823 - 7 November 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of evolution due to natural selection that prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own theory. Rea...
The magnitude 16.6 asteroid (1517) Beograd will occult the magnitude 4.2 double star 91 Aquarii (HD 219449) in the constellation Aquarius between 12:10:55 and 12:12:20, 7th January, 2012. The 1.3 second event is visible from China. Position (J2000): R.A. 23 15 53.49482 | Dec. -09° 05' 15....
AUSTIN, TX - JANUARY 7-8, 2012 NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) will hold its fifth meeting on January 7-8, 2012, just prior to the AAS meeting in Austin. ExoPAG meetings are always open to the astronomical community, and are an opportunity to learn about the Exoplanet...
Mexico sets record for highest suspension bridge Mexico has set a new Guinness record for the world's highest suspension bridge. President Felipe Calderon Thursday received the honour bestowed on the Baluarte Bicentennial Bridge, which is supported by 152 steel suspenders, has a central, cabl...
Authorities Search for Meteorite that Fell on Northwest Mexico Mexican authorities are searching for a meteorite that fell to earth in a rural area in the northwestern part of the country, which was sighted in the region but about which there are as yet few details, officials said Friday. The alarm s...
Hilmar W. Duerbeck was a German astronomer. He was born in Klarenthal (now Saarbrücken, Germany) and studied astronomy and physics at Bonn University. During most of his career, he did research on cataclysmic variables, contact binaries, and final helium flash objects as well as being an author....
Surveyor 7 was the seventh and last lunar lander of the American unmanned Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. Launched January 7, 1968; landed January 10, 1968 Read more Surveyor 7 landing site near Tycho and Clavius[spoiler][video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yr0...
Stephen Groombridge FRS (7 January 1755, Goudhurst - 30 March 1832, Blackheath) was a British astronomer. In 1806, using a then new transit circle built by Edward Troughton, he began compiling a star catalogue of stars down to about eighth or ninth magnitude. Read more
Félix Edouard Justin Emile Borel (7 January 1871 - 3 February 1956) was a French mathematician and politician. Borel was born in Saint-Affrique, Aveyron. Along with René-Louis Baire and Henri Lebesgue, he was among the pioneers of measure theory and its application to probability theory. Read mo...
A sign celebrating a village's heritage is to be put up next week. Penkhull Residents' Association will place the sign at the junction of Gresty Street and Honeywall in Penkhull. It will mark the location of the entrance to the former Iron Age Fort and the ancient Domesday Village that once capped the...
Lowell Randall, a pioneer rocket scientist who helped launched the U.S. space program and tested intercontinental ballistic missiles, has died. He was 96. Read more
The 50 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2008 CQ116 made a close pass (11.2 Lunar Distances, 0.0288 AU) to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th February 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 22 - 50 metre wide asteroid 2006 SU217 will make a close pass (76.2 Lunar Distances, 0.1959 AU), travelling at 6.37 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th May, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance be...
