* Astronomy

A University of Hawaii scientist known for groundbreaking work on meteorites is due to be honoured at a conference on Kauai next week. Klaus Keil is known for pioneering quantitative studies of minerals in meteorites and making important contributions to the understanding of the nature, origin,...

A meteor shot across the sky this evening. It was seen throughout West Michigan and beyond. Read more

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The St. Felix's Flood (in Dutch Sint-Felixvloed) happened on Saturday 5 November 1530, the name day of St. Felix. Large parts of Flanders and Zeeland were washed away, including the Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal. Read more

Maxima of long period variable V Virginis on the 1st July, 2010 Magnitude: 8.9-14.3 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 13 27 48.1471, Dec -03 10 22.881

L'Anse aux Meadows (from the French L'Anse-aux-Méduses or "Jellyfish Cove") is an archaeological site on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Discovered in 1960, it is the only known site of a Norse village in Canada...

Léon Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (November 5, 1855 in Paris, France - January 2, 1913 in Cannes, France) was a French meteorologist who became famous for his discovery of the stratosphere. Read more

Caltech Engineers Reveal How Scandium Trifluoride Contracts with Heat They shrink when you heat 'em. Most materials expand when heated, but a few contract. Now engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have figured out how one of these curious materials, scandium trifluori...

A small tip to make some of your different branded eyepieces parfocal, is to manufactures some spacer rings by either gluing together a long strip of paper, or gluing strips of thin plastic that overlap or are laminated. These rings can then be slipped over the silver barrel of the eyepiece. The width...

Title: The Allen Telescope Array Search for Electrostatic Discharges on Mars Authors: Marin M. Anderson, Andrew P.V. Siemion, William C. Barott, Geoffrey C. Bower, Gregory T. Delory, Imke de Pater, Dan Werthimer The Allen Telescope Array was used to monitor Mars between 9 March and 2 June 2010, ov...

NASA's Fermi Finds Youngest Millisecond Pulsar, 100 Pulsars To-Date An international team of scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a surprisingly powerful millisecond pulsar that challenges existing theories about how these objects form. At the same time, a...

Hong Kong meteorite website A website for meteorite sellers and collectors Read more

Ancient bear had the strongest bite The largest bear that ever lived also had the strongest bite of any land mammal, say scientists. Agriotherium africanum was a giant short-faced bear that became extinct five million years ago. Reconstructions of the carnivore's skull revealed that it was well a...

Maxima of long period variable V Tauri on the 4th November, 2011 Magnitude range: 9.2-13.7 Period: 168.7 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 04 52 02.29 | Dec. +17° 32' 16.5'' Google earth file: V Tauri.kmz (1kb, kmz)

Maxima of long period variable R Scorpii on the 4th November, 2011 Magnitude range: 10.4-15.0 Period: 224.61 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 16 17 39.08 | Dec. -22° 56' 40.5'' Google earth file: R Scorpii.kmz (1kb, kmz)