A ruined copper mine in Jordan is shedding new light on the biblical civilization known as Edom.
Edomites lived south of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan, and are portrayed as the troublesome neighbour of Israelites. Recent excavations of an ancient copper mine have prompted archaeologists...
Croatia is expected to make its mark on the Moon by the end of 2012 when Astronomical Society Vidulini from Istria plans to launch its space exploration vehicle - rover "Histrohod." The robotic vehicle is the brainchild of Zeljko Mogorosa who has been working on its prototype for the past...
The U.S. has built a brand new space shuttle, and it's ready to launch next month. It's called the X-37B/OTV. It's about one-fourth the size of the space shuttle, and it was originally intended to carry six astronauts. Now inside the hangar at Astrotech in Titusville, it's ready to launch into space b...
Global Positioning System satellite achieves 20 years on-orbit The Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation is the most robust and capable system in the history of space. Space Vehicle Number (SVN) 23 is a testament to how the Air Force continues to meet and exceed its operational requireme...
Asteroid (2337) Boubin, 15.8 mag, will occult the star HD 78138, 8.2 mag, at 21:07 UT, 5th December, 2010. Duration: 3.4 seconds. Magnitude drop: 7.6 mag Visibility: Russia, SW Asia Position(2000): RA 09 07 44.1581, Dec +37 04 27.298
Asteroid (805) Hormuthia, 15.4 mag, will occults the star HD 42983, 7.6 mag, at 19:51 UT, 3rd December, 2010. Duration: 4.7 seconds. Magnitude drop: 7.9 mag. Visibility: Japan, China, SW Asia, Arabia, N Africa Position(2000): RA 06 13 52.7561, Dec +02 48 31.882
Crown reveals new holy female pharaoh A unique queen's crown with ancient symbols combined with a new method of studying status in Egyptian reliefs forms the basis for a re-interpretation of historical developments in Egypt in the period following the death of Alexander the Great. A thesis from th...
The Arcturus 60 is one of best selling Bresser astronomical telescopes. Classical design and affordable pricing make this telescope the ideal entry level instrument. The alt-azimuth mount allows the observer to point the optical tube simply and without fuss. The whole telescope, tripod and acc...
A bright slow moving meteor was witnessed in Northern Ireland at 17:45 UT, 28th November, 2010. The meteor was observed moving off the coast in an east-west direction.
The 4 - 8 metre wide asteroid 2010 XB made a close pass (0.1 lunar distances, 0.0003 AU), travelling at 20.38 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th November, 2010 @ 18:26 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the dis...
The 21 - 46 metre wide asteroid 2010 WA9 will make a close pass (2.8 lunar distances, 0.0071 AU), travelling at 8.67 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th December, 2010 @ 19:19 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD)...
Orbital elements: 2010 WV8 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0032 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 336.18952 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32206978 Peri. 287.54925 +0.94950823 +0.28973562 a 2.1078324 Node 55.76755 -0.20293258 +0.85974279 e 0.6665549 Incl. 8.37111 -0.23927491 +0.42058959 P 3.06 H 22.0 G 0.15...
In the evening hours, residents of three Georgia counties, Carroll, Douglas, and Haralson, were settling down to a relaxing post-Thanksgiving Friday. Then, their night was shattered by a huge explosion. The noise is easily explained away, but the cause remains to be determined. When an airpl...
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