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Huge Bubble Cloud over Beijing Skies Mystifies Observers Photos were posted online of a mysteriously huge bubble cloud over the skies of Beijing and surrounding areas Thursday, which raised concerns and discussions among netizens. Bubble cloud over Beijing [video=http://www.youtube.com/w...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said it is consulting with foreign space agencies to arrange the return on Nov. 17 of astronaut Satoshi Furukawa from the International Space Station. The return date for the 47-year-old astronaut, who has been on the ISS since June 10, will be set soon, JAXA s...

What is the largest (low magnification) eyepiece you can use with a telescope? To figure out the minimum magnification of a telescope, just divide the aperture in mm by 5 or 7 (older observers have a 5mm exit pupil size, younger observers have a 7mm exit pupil size). Which reversed, is the same as div...

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30th International Meteor Conference (IMC) September 15 to 18, 2011 Sibiu in Romania Read more

Hurricane Maria (AL14) is forecast to make landfall in Canada probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 19 hours probability for TS is 100% in about 19 hours

Skywatcher Explorer 150P EQ3-2 150mm (6") f/750 Parabolic Newtonian Reflector Magnifications (with eyepieces supplied): x30, x60, x75, x150 Highest Practical Power (potential):x300 Diameter of Primary Mirror: 150mm Telescope Focal Length: 750mm (f/5) Tube assembl...

Title: Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber: Recent R&D Results Authors: J. B. R. Battat, S. Ahlen, M. Chernicoff, C. Deaconu, D. Dujmic, A. Dushkin, P. Fisher, S. Henderson, A. Inglis, A. Kaboth, L. Kirsch, J. P. Lopez, J. Monroe, H. Ouyang, G. Sciolla, H. Tomita, H. Wellenstein The Dark Matter...

Title: A New Galactic Wolf-Rayet Star in Centaurus Authors: A. Roman-Lopes In this work I communicate the detection of a new Galactic Wolf-Rayet star (WR60a) in Centaurus. The H- and K-band spectra of WR60a, show strong carbon near-infrared emission lines, characteristic of Wolf-Rayet stars of...

According to team of Cassini scientists, Saturn's inner moons, such as Calypso, Telesto, Pan, Atlas, Janus, Epimetheus, Pandora and Prometheus, may not be solid chunks of ice, but rather made up of "rubble...

Title: Magnetic fields in Herbig Ae/Be stars Authors: G.A. Wade, C. Catala, E. Alecian, C. Folsom, S. Bagnulo, T. Boehm, J.-C. Bouret, J.-F. Donati, D. Drouin, J.D. Landstreet Studies of stellar magnetism at the pre-main sequence phase can provide important new insights i...

Title: Gas Distribution, Kinematics, and Excitation Structure in the Disks around the Classical Be Stars Beta Canis Minoris and Zeta Tauri Authors: Stefan Kraus, John D. Monnier, Xiao Che, Gail H. Schaefer, Yamina Touhami, Douglas R. Gies, Jason Aufdenberg, Fabien Baron, Nathalie Thureau, The...

Title: The low-metallicity QSO HE 2158-0107: A massive galaxy growing by the accretion of nearly pristine gas from its environment? Authors: B. Husemann (1), L. Wisotzki (1), K. Jahnke (2), S. F. Sánchez (3) ((1) Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, (2) Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomi...

Ben Hur Live brings the classic film to ancient Rome

The 440 - 980 metre wide asteroid 1991 TF3 will make a close pass (33.4 lunar distances, 0.0857 AU), travelling at 13.84 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th September, 2011 @ 23:10 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...