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SSTL successfully launches two further Earth observation satellites SSTL's NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites were successfully launched today at 07:12:20 UTC onboard a Dnepr rocket from Yasny in southern Russia. The highly advanced Earth observation satellites will significantly...

Deneb (Alpha Cygni) is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus and one of the vertices of the Summer Triangle. It is the 19th brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent magnitude of 1.25. A blue-white supergiant, Deneb is also one of the most luminous nearby stars. It is, or has been, know...

Orbital elements: 2011 QJ21 Earth MOID = 0.0324 AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC M 71.07906 (2000.0) P Q n 0.90318610 Peri. 66.86907 -0.77158893 +0.61430152 a 1.0599480 Node 150.22978 -0.63339498 -0.76594430 e 0.3828551 Incl. 19.43103 +0.05883296 -0.18963907 P 1.09 H 24.6 G...

Orbital elements: 2011 QH21 Earth MOID = 0.1920 AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC M 193.04042 (2000.0) P Q n 0.65969466 Peri. 269.78800 -0.80919352 -0.47914705 a 1.3068951 Node 241.56576 +0.55967181 -0.80473561 e 0.2303534 Incl. 22.74826 -0.17881083 -0.35045499 P 1.49 H 19....

The time-keeping device that governs all aspects of our lives, the atomic clock, is celebrating its 50th year. The first atomic clock, which uses the resonance frequencies of atoms to keep extremely precise time, was born at the UK's National Physical Laboratory. Atomic clocks for...

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a Visitor Centre which tells the story of Scotland's ancient Pictish tribes, a warrior people who roamed Angus nearly two thousand years ago. Discover their stories, battles, music, art - discover their lives. These 1st Millennium settlers in Angus left us a mysterious legacy of carved stones, be...

Title: The shortest period detached white dwarf + main-sequence binary Authors: S. G. Parsons, T. R. Marsh, B. T. Gänsicke, V. S. Dhillon, C. M. Copperwheat, S. P. Littlefair, S. Pyrzas, A. J. Drake, D. Koester, M. R. Schreiber, A. Rebassa-Mansergas We present high-speed ULTRACAM and SOFI photome...

The 19 - 43 metre wide asteroid 2007 UT3 will make a close pass (26.5 Lunar Distances, 0.0681 AU), travelling at 7.57 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th September, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distanc...

Maxima of long period variable ST Sagittarii on the 26th August, 2011. Magnitude range: 9.0-15.2 Period: 395.12 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 19 01 29.22 | Dec -12° 45' 33.9"

James Franck (26 August 1882 - 21 May 1964) was a German Jewish physicist and Nobel laureate. Read more

The Z Cam-type dwarf nova UZ Serpentis is in outburst Date of Outburst: 4th October 2008 Magnitude: 12.0 - 16.7 Period: 26.4 days Satellite orbit: 0.173 days Type: Dwarf Nova Position(2000): RA=18 11 24.90, Dec= -14 55 33.9

Bright Lights In the Manitoba Sky A very bright meteor or even a chunk of a comet was seen over Manitoba skies Tuesday night. Read more

UFO's caught on video in KC turns out to be team of Army parachuters A YouTube video shows a mysterious fireball in the night sky above Kansas City before it splits into multiple objects that descend slowly to Earth. [url=http://www.kansas...

Burning UFO thought to be a fireball A strange object spotted by residents in the skies above Birebbua on Saturday night could have been a "very bright meteor", also referred to as a fireball, according to the Astronomical Society of Malta. It has attempted to shed light on the outlandish...