Self-healing electronic chip tests may aid space travel Self-repairing electronic chips are one step closer, according to a team of US researchers. The group has created a circuit that heals itself when cracked thanks to the release of liquid metal which restores conductivity. The process takes...
A Soyuz 2-1B-Fregat with the Russian Meridian 5 satellite is scheduled to launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 12:08 GMT (16:08 MSKS), 23rd December, 2011. The satellite will be placed into a Molniya-type orbit (1000 km perigee x 39700 km apogee, 63° inclination) and provide communications for...
A moderate 5.9 earthquake occurred at 19:12:33 (UTC) on Friday, December 23, 2011, South of Africa, 904 km SW of Marion Island, at a depth of 9.8 km. Location 52.129°S, 28.014°E
Asteroid Named for 'Disappeared' Argentine Student For 35 years, Zaida Franz has not been able to find her daughter, a girl who dreamed of becoming an astronomer and then disappeared without a trace. Now she at least has an address she can think about - out in space. [url=http://abcnews.go.com/Tec...
A test launch of a R-30 Bulava (SS-NX-30) ballistic missile from a submerged Typhoon-class submarine, the Dmitry Donskoi, in the White Sea has failed.
"A special commission will conduct a detailed investigation into the cause of the incident to eliminate it during further stages of the te...
Title: The Exciting Star of the Berkeley 59/Cepheus OB4 Complex and Other Chance Variable Star Discoveries Authors: Daniel J. Majaess, David G. Turner, David J. Lane, Kathleen E. Moncrieff A study is presented regarding the nature of several variable stars sampled during a campaign of photometr...
Asia's largest coal reserve discovered in Xinjiang China has reportedly discovered an 89.2 billion tonne coal reserve at Sha'er Lake in northwest Xinjiang Uygur, in a find that is being termed the largest in Asia. The new find is expected to be slightly bigger than Inner Mongolia, currently China'...
China's largest desert lake may vanish in 10 years China's largest desert lake is shrinking as a result of climate change and human activities and it could vanish in just a decade, officials estimate. Hongjiannao lake, sandwiched between the Maowusu desert in Shaanxi province and the Erdos platea...
Meteor_111222_0500 A bright meteor was observed low in the sky almost due east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada on December 22, 2011 just after 5:00 am MST.
The SU Ursae Majoris type dwarf nova RZ Sagittae is in outburst. Date: 15th July, 2011. Magnitude: 12.3 - 17.7 V Period: ? Satellite period: 0.0682803 days Type: SU Ursae Majoris Position(2000): RA 20 03 18.55 | Dec +17°02'52.3"
New Sunspot 11384 taken with a 4" refractor, Vixen pro webcam and solar filter Sunspots 11384 and 11382 taken with a 4" refractor, Vixen pro webcam and solar filter [vid...
Report sees widespread earthquake damage A magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the Teton Fault could cost more than half a billion dollars and temporarily displace hundreds of households in Jackson Hole, a new report suggests. The fault, which runs 35 miles along the base on the Teton Range, has been "...
Title: Orbital Decay and Evidence of Disk Formation in the X-ray Binary Pulsar OAO 1657-415 Authors: P. A. Jenke, M. H. Finger, C. A. Wilson-Hodge, A. Camero-Arronz OAO 1657-415 is an eclipsing X-ray binary wind-fed pulsar that has exhibited smooth spin-up/spin-down episodes and has undergone s...
