The Mystery of the Three Hares
Intriguing stories about a mysterious emblem that was known 1,500 years ago, has been found in many parts of the world in Christian, Buddhist and Islamic cultures. And no one knows its origin or meaning.
Three British researchers, art historian Sue Andr...
Sussex cricket fan Jan Marszel looked up in amazement as he saw a small, dark round object hurtle towards him on the boundary edge. But it was not one of Luke Wrights mammoth pulls coming his way - it was a meteorite that had fallen from outer space - and nearly struck him on the head. Its thought to be the fi...
Long Valley Caldera is a depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the largest calderas on earth, measuring about 32 km long (east-west) and 18 km wide (north-south). The Long Valley volcano is unique in that it has produced eruptions of both basalti...
Valles Caldera (or Jemez Caldera), is a 19 km wide volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. Valles Caldera is one of the smaller volcanoes in the supervolcano class. The circular topographic rim of the caldera measures 19 kilometres in diameter. The El Cajete Pumice, Battle...
Orbital elements: 2011 BJ2 Earth MOID = 0.0933 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 337.40345 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67046251 Peri. 83.92587 -0.26991651 -0.86254697 a 1.2928646 Node 33.98917 +0.23815051 -0.49045932 e 0.3472751 Incl. 49.95582 +0.93296807 -0.12434781 P 1.47 H 18.0 G 0.15 U 8 MPE...
Asteroid (1620) Geographos makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.190 AU) on the 23rd January, 2011. The asteroid (1620) Geographos was discovered on September 14, 1951 at the Palomar Observatory by Albert George Wilson and Rudolph Minkowski. It was originally given the provisional designa...
If you've ever gazed in wonder at the night sky, pondered your place in the grand scheme of things or have an interest in Astronomy already and want to meet like-minded people then please come along to one of our meetings or public observing evenings. Everyone is welcome - absolute beginners to experi...
'Fireball' soars across Penarth Translator Elisabeth Griffin was left with hot flushes recently after seeing what she described as a 'fireball' soaring overhead. The Cornerswell Road resident had gone for a relaxing stroll when she saw the sizzling sight above Victoria playing fields. [url=ht...
Orbital elements: 2011 AL37 Earth MOID = 0.0029 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 338.06745 (2000.0) P Q n 0.57441696 Peri. 78.19891 -0.91533067 +0.39754029 a 1.4332366 Node 125.19326 -0.39328281 -0.84813672 e 0.4825593 Incl. 4.51118 -0.08659331 -0.35017971 P 1.72 H 24.0 G 0.15 U 9 MP...
NanoRacks is dedicated to helping stimulate Space Station research by having developed a very low-cost 1 kilogram platform that puts micro-gravity projects within the budgetary realm of hundreds of universities, smaller organisations and first-time commercial space research users [url=ht...
College students and fellow stargazers in Tokushima Prefecture have invented an astronomy-based card game aimed at raising interest in viewing space. Messier Cards, named after French astronomer Charles Messier (1730-1817), were developed using his catalogue of space objects as a reference...
