The December Leonis Minorids have a radiant near the Leo/Coma Berenices border, seven degrees north of the second magnitude star Denebola (Beta Leonis), located at 11:55 (179) +22. The ZHR is two per hour for the northern hemisphere and one per hour for the southern hemisphere. The December Leonis...
Maxima of long period variable Y Draconis on the 14th December, 2011. Magnitude: 9.2-14.5 Period: 325.79 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 09 42 22.73 | Dec. +77° 51' 07.4'' Google earth file: Y Draconis.kmz (1kb, kmz)
Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (14 December 1922 - 1 July 2001) was a Soviet physicist and educator. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Towne...
Maxima of the long period variable S Tucanae (HD 1925) on the 20th August, 2010. Magnitude: 9.3-14.5 Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 00 23 07.688, Dec -61 40 17.02
Maxima of long period variable U Cancri on the 14th December, 2011. Magnitude: 9.9-14.6 Period: 304.78 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 08 35 46.29 | Dec. +18° 53' 44.5'' Google earth file: U Cancri.kmz (1kb, kmz)
The Thunderbird is a legendary creature in certain North American indigenous peoples' history and culture. It is considered a "supernatural" bird of power and strength. It is especially important, and richly depicted, in the art, songs and oral histories of many Pacific Northwest Co...
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Adrienne Mayor, a classical folklorist, proposes that the griffin was an ancient misconception derived from the fossilised remains of the Protoceratops found in gold mines in the Alta...
While NASA is synonymous with the exploration of space, technology, and science education, THIRD ROCK, which is focused on NASA and the great things going on there every day, is all about the exploration of New Rock. On THIRD ROCK, youll hear New Rock of all kinds, including a whole galaxy full of new m...
Loch Ness has its monster. Does San Antonio have one, too? Strange sightings of a huge flying creature have been reported as recently as six months ago. Is it a monster or myth? Guadalupe Cantu III was busy working his newspaper route, but he says the big news of that day 10 years ago flew right over his c...
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The elaborate mission to recover a moon rock led NASA agents to one of the most down-to-earth places: a Denny's restaurant in Riverside County. But at the end of the sting operation, agents were left holding a speck of lunar dust smaller than a grain of rice and a 74-year-old suspect who was terrified b...
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"Explosion" Reported In Hazard Officials tell LEX 18 there has been an explosion near downtown Hazard just before 9:00 Sunday night. Several witnesses report seeing a fireball. Read more
