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Supernova 2002bj in NGC 1821 A new type of supernova - the explosive death of a star has been discovered in which helium detonates on the surface of a white dwarf star. The exploding star, dubbed SN2002bj, was first observed seven years ago in the galaxy NGC 1821 by amateur astronomers, but was miscla...

Jacques Cassini (8 February 1677 - 16 April 1756) was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Read more

The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Alabama opened its doors to students on April 18, 1831, with the Reverend Alva Woods as President. Read more

IAU Symposium 279: Death of Massive Stars - Supernovae & Gamma-Ray Bursts, Nikko, Japan 18-22 April 2011 Ed ~ The symposium is postponed!! The tentative new date is September.

Thousands of people, including many amateur astronomers, packed the Eugene Levy Field House at Rockland Community College. The Rockland Astronomy Club has put on the Northeast Astronomy Forum for the past 20 years. Organizers said it's the biggest such show in the country, attracting every majo...

The 34 - 75 metre wide asteroid 2010 UP will make a close pass (6.9 lunar distances, 0.0176 AU), travelling at 5.46 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th October, 2010 @ 02:46 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), th...

Drugs lose effectiveness in space Astronauts on long space missions may not be able to take paracetamol to treat a headache or antibiotics to fight infection, a study has found. Scientists at the Johnson Space Centre have shown that the effectiveness of drugs declines more rapidly in space. Contin...

The 600 - 1300 metre wide asteroid 2004 QT24 will make a close pass (54.7 lunar distances, 0.1405 AU), travelling at 13.24 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th April, 2011 @ 15:05 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....

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Orbital elements: 2011 GL60 Earth MOID = 0.2604 AU Epoch 2011 Apr. 9.0 TT = JDT 2455660.5 MPC M 0.95113 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39123592 Peri. 24.77856 -0.94685898 +0.32128307 a 1.8514425 Node 173.90086 -0.31390604 -0.91261426 e 0.3229871 Incl. 8.30022 -0.07015029 -0.25280903 P 2.52 H 20.8 G 0.1...

Orbital elements: 2011 GX65 Earth MOID = 0.1446 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 250.32907 (2000.0) P Q n 0.63932728 Peri. 263.64338 +0.53633773 +0.80354816 a 1.3345061 Node 42.33443 -0.53941997 +0.56161468 e 0.2824895 Incl. 22.54145 -0.64912860 +0.19722907 P 1.54 H 21.8 G...

Orbital elements: 2011 GV65 Earth MOID = 0.0220 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 355.31816 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37221268 Peri. 116.86594 -0.72270961 -0.68908595 a 1.9140000 Node 19.72793 +0.56462766 -0.63320147 e 0.5556284 Incl. 9.10195 +0.39860561 -0.35244355 P 2.65 H 24.5 G 0...

Orbital elements: 2011 GW65 Earth MOID = 0.1124 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 338.95378 (2000.0) P Q n 0.69397457 Peri. 111.65354 -0.97788821 -0.12334445 a 1.2634954 Node 61.60975 +0.02911359 -0.87997694 e 0.1748011 Incl. 11.06773 +0.20709187 -0.45872294 P 1.42 H 23.1 G...

The Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, has photographed the Hadley Rille on the south-east edge of Mare Imbrium on the Moon. AMIE obtained this image from an altitude of about 2000 kilometres. It covers an area of about 100 kilomet...

An influential Norfolk-born archaeologist, Lewis R. Binford, died earlier this week. Binford was professor emeritus at Southern Methodist University and the University of New Mexico. He died Monday in Kirksville, Mo., according to SMU. He was 79. [url=http://hamptonroads.com/2011/04/est...