WA bat rescue mission a dismal failure A rescue mission to save an iconic Christmas Island species (Ed ~ Pipistrellus murrayi) has failed despite the efforts of some of Australasia's leading scientists. The eight bat scientists were on Christmas Island for four weeks along with volunteers from th...
Amateur astronomers look to the skies in Rogers, Fort Smith All Dave Grosvold can do is offer someone the night sky. There is plenty to show. The constellations are always fun to find. Ceres, the largest astronomical body in the asteroid belt, was particularly visible last week. Mars and Saturn have...
Orbital elements: 1995 KG1 Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 10.56167 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19583767 Peri. 154.84874 -0.72850739 +0.49757210 a 2.9367833 Node 63.38687 -0.68304801 -0.47525726 e 0.5471507 Incl. 31.77916 -0.05217664 -0.72563940 P 5.03 H 19.8 G 0.15 U 3 [url=http://www.mino...
Orbital elements: 2010 NZ1 Earth MOID = 0.2691 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 74.26965 (2000.0) P Q n 0.62164952 Peri. 37.56119 -0.92548852 +0.32588377 a 1.3596871 Node 158.79603 -0.30732488 -0.94398401 e 0.6452196 Incl. 32.26008 +0.22141008 +0.05190332 P 1.59 H 19.8 G 0.15 U 8 [u...
Single star count ups odds of ET Solitary suns like ours are not as rare as we once thought, boosting the likelihood that there are other life-friendly solar systems in the universe. It is not always easy to tell if a star has a companion, since they are often too close together to distinguish as separat...
Title: Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XII. CoRoT-12b: a short-period low-density planet transiting a solar analog star Authors: M. Gillon, A. Hatzes, Sz. Csizmadia, M. Fridlund, M. Deleuil, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, P. Barge, S. I. Barnes, A. S. Bonomo,...
Title: Spectroscopic survey of M--type asteroids Authors: S. Fornasier, B. E. Clark, E. Dotto, A. Migliorini, M. Ockert-Bell, M.A. Barucci M-type asteroids, as defined in the Tholen taxonomy (Tholen, 1984), are medium albedo bodies supposed to have a metallic composition and to be the progenit...
Star gazing comes back to McCloud Nature Park The New Astronomer's Group Meeting (NAG) and the Indiana Astronomical Society (IAS) will meet at McCloud Nature Park on July 24 at 8 p.m. The purpose and intent of NAG is to introduce newcomers to the wonders of the night sky. [url=http://www.bannergrap...
The Digital Tectonic Activity Map (DTAM) is a new visualization tool for both researcher and educator alike to better understand tectonic activity of our planet for the past 1 million years.
DTAM is a Geographical Information System (GIS) that displays a realistic synoptic view of pres...
The thermosphere is the layer of the earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and directly below the exosphere. Within this layer, ultraviolet radiation causes ionisation. The International Space Station has a stable orbit within the upper part of the thermosphere, between 320 and 380...
NASA Announces Three New Centennial Challenges NASA announced three new Centennial Challenges Tuesday, with an overall prize purse of $5 million. NASA's Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technological achievements by independent teams who work without government funding. T...
Teens track near-earth asteroid at NM Tech By day, 36 top high school science students from around the world are taking college-level science courses at New Mexico Tech, as part of the university's six-week summer school program. But by night, the mild-mannered overachievers break into teams of t...
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