Just as the Devas controversy began to erupt, the Space Commission announced that the Antrix Corporation would be restructured. The restructuring essentially means that the Secretary of Space, who holds concurrent charge as Chairman of Isro and Antrix, would no longer head Antrix. The commerci...
Plan to bring UK clocks forward Longer evenings could move a step closer with a government plan to move UK clocks forward an extra hour. A "tourism strategy" will include a plan to move the clocks in line with most of Europe, bringing lighter evenings but darker mornings. [url=http://www...
The meteor of 1876 created quite a sensation when it streaked across the Midwest from west to east on the evening of Dec. 21. William White brought it to my attention. He lives south of Alvin about a mile, and it seems that area was ground zero for a piece of the visitor from space. The meteor was observed b...
Orbital elements: 2011 BX59 Earth MOID = 0.0704 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 353.27142 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19969266 Peri. 219.94011 -0.99455292 -0.09172388 a 2.8988649 Node 314.72091 +0.10417092 -0.89104783 e 0.6381560 Incl. 3.99554 -0.00359247 -0.44454526 P 4.94 H 24.4 G 0.15 U 6 M...
Orbital elements: 2011 BV59 Earth MOID = 0.0168 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 349.21197 (2000.0) P Q n 0.34343128 Peri. 226.20113 -0.99790153 -0.01808280 a 2.0194952 Node 312.65832 +0.04414186 -0.89248392 e 0.5400303 Incl. 4.84975 -0.04737133 -0.45071662 P 2.87 H 26.7 G 0.15 U 5 M...
Orbital elements: 2011 BW59 Earth MOID = 0.2848 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 183.02528 (2000.0) P Q n 0.52248931 Peri. 358.98144 +0.63226096 +0.59610552 a 1.5266909 Node 309.99775 -0.70617835 +0.18066898 e 0.5212930 Incl. 40.24041 -0.31868198 +0.78231511 P 1.89 H 19.7 G 0.15 U 7...
Title: Resolving the baryon-fraction profile in lensing galaxies Authors: Dominik Leier, Ignacio Ferreras, Prasenjit Saha, Emilio E. Falco We present a study of the radial dependence of stellar mass or baryon fraction for 21 lensing galaxies from the CfA-Arizona Space Telescope LEns (CASTLE)...
The 1884 Enigma outbreak is thought to be among the largest and most widespread tornado outbreaks in American history, striking on February 19-20, 1884. Read more
Two things have happened this week to make it a special one for the veterans of British nuclear bomb testing in the Pacific. Firstly, it is the fifty year anniversary of the event. Secondly, a study has been released showing that many of them suspected all along they have serious genetic damage [you...
An industrial arts teacher named Lawrence Sauter suggested building a telescope on the roof of Hopkins High School. Even crazier: Sauter and a group of students planned to build the telescope themselves. That idea turned out not to be so crazy, though. Sauter and his students completed the Volkswa...
Dark Energy From the Ground Up: Make Way for BigBOSS Several ways have been proposed to examine dark energy, in hopes of finding out just what it is. One of them, "supernovae" for short, certainly works: it's how dark energy was discovered in the first place. Other independent techniques...
Leupold SX-1 Ventana Spotting Scope Kit Available with a straight or angled eyepiece and in 15-45x60 and 20-60x80 models, there is a Ventana to meet your viewing needs. Multicoated optics and DiamondCoat lenses ensure superior light retention and clarity. Rugged waterproof, nitrogen-filled,...
Title: Five New Transit Epochs of the Exoplanet OGLE-TR-111b Authors: Sergio Hoyer (1), Patricio Rojo (1), Mercedes López-Morales (2 and 3), Rodrigo Díaz (4 and 5), John E. Chambers (3), Dante Minniti (6 and 7) ((1) Universidad de Chile, (2) CSIC-IEEC, (3) CIW-DTM, (4) Institut d'Astrophysique d...
