New mobile project rocks A new digital media project at Newcastle University is proving that academic thought is not set in stone. Through the use of a modern-day tablet - the mobile phone - Northumberlands ancient rock art is being exposed to a new generation of enthusiasts. Archaeologists have wo...
The 4.2 kiloyear BP aridification event was one of the most severe climatic events of the Holocene period in terms of impact on cultural upheaval. Starting in ~2200 BC, it probably lasted the entire 22nd century BC. It is very likely to have caused the collapse of the Old Kingdom in Egypt as well as the A...
Visitors have an opportunity to see the universe Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Warren Rupp Observatory. The excitement of staring into space to visit the galaxies, black holes, stars, planets or the solar system is something that can be shared by the entire family at no charge. Public nights are held on the...
On Oct. 1st China's Communist Party will celebrate 60 years in power with a gala parade, a show of military might, and a cast of 200,000. Among the Party's proudest achievements is injecting capitalism back into China 30 years ago, and letting the ambition and drive of the Chinese people transform Ch...
Scientist of the Week: Kate Whitaker Every Thursday, Laboratory Equipment features a Scientist of the Week, chosen from the science industry's latest headlines. This week's scientist is Kate Whitaker of Yale Univ. Whitaker and her team probed into the distant universe and discovered that galax...
Mysterious Light Burst Captured by Hawaii Telescope A bubble-like burst of light captured on two Hawaii telescopes last week likely has a terrestrial origin, observers say. The mysterious phenomenon took place in the wee hours of the morning on June 22. At about 3:37 a.m. local time, a white sphere...
Mysterious bright lights have been spotted in the sky over Melbourne's western suburbs this morning. Streaks of luminous blue, green and white lit up the area shortly before 6am. The phenomenon was most likely caused by space junk or a meteor entering our atmosphere, according to Australasian Sci...
A Safir rocket body that was launched on the 15th June, 2011, from an unknown location in Iran, for the Rasad 1 satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 19th July, 2011 @ --:-- GMT ± -- hours.SAFIR RB
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Title: WASP-22 b: A transiting "hot Jupiter" planet in a hierarchical triple system Authors: P. F. L. Maxted (1), D. R. Anderson (1), M. Gillon (2 and 3), C. Hellier (1), D. Queloz (2), B. Smalley (1), A. H. M. J. Triaud (2), R. G. West (4), D. M. Wilson (1), S. J. Bentley (1), H. Cegla (1,5,9), A...
Total Lunar Eclipse - June 15 2011 The first lunar eclipse of 2011 occurs at the Moon's ascending node in southern Ophiuchus about 7° west of the Lagoon Nebula (M8). The Moon passes deeply through Earth's umbral shadow during this rather lon...
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (sometimes von Leibniz) (July 1, 1646 - November 14, 1716) was a German philosopher and mathematician. Leibniz occupies a prominent place in the history of mathematics and the history of philosophy. He developed the infinitesimal calculus independently of Isaac Newt...
Kalpana Chawla (July 1, 1961 - February 1, 2003) was an Indian-American astronaut with NASA. She was one of seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Read more
June has two main meteor showers, the Arietids and the June Bootids. Unfortunatly, the Arietids are during the daylight hours. The Earth will pass through a stream of dusty debris. Thought no one is sure where the Arietids dust comes from, although some suspect its debris from the sungrazing astero...