Ulawun Volcano
A wispy plume of steam rises from the Ulawun volcano on the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain in this photo-like Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS[img]http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archi...
It's not the Hubble, but for Old DeKalb Road resident Stanley R. Hewlett, it's the next best thing. For more than a decade, Mr. Hewlett has embraced his passion for astronomy, first peering through his telescope from a deck off the rear of his house. Now, the Russell native and amateur astronomer can g...
Expand (749kb, 1280 x 1058) The little-known nebula IRAS 05437+2505 billows out among the bright stars and dark dust clouds that surround it in this striking image from the Hubble Space Telescope. It is located in the constellation of Taurus (the Bull), close to the central plane of our Milky Way gal...
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Orbital elements: 2010 LG64 Earth MOID = 0.1175 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 322.48254 (2000.0) P Q n 0.64687699 Peri. 29.68718 +0.91510452 -0.39603744 a 1.3241024 Node 352.36444 +0.15179266 +0.51240522 e 0.3544691 Incl. 34.75711 +0.37355415 +0.76196800 P 1.52 H 19.4 G 0.15 U 9...
Orbital elements: 2010 LF64 Earth MOID = 0.1878 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 13.89822 (2000.0) P Q n 0.63290936 Peri. 237.70917 -0.23938854 +0.96541135 a 1.3435125 Node 19.26662 -0.75177822 -0.11696528 e 0.1593867 Incl. 18.24678 -0.61442871 -0.23302371 P 1.56 H 21.6 G 0.15 U 9 [...
NASA Ames' Cuzzi wins top honour for planetary work Jeff Cuzzi's office is buried deep in the maze that is NASA's Ames Research Centre. Its walls tell a lot about him. There are yellow sticky notes with important contact numbers and reminders, a poster of the Grand Tetons, a model of an asteroid, and a 1...
Proving that the mysteries of space attract dollars as well as enthusiasts, astronomer Christopher Tinney has picked up a million-dollar grant to search for worlds beyond our solar system.
"It's very pleasing to be successful in such a tough competition" - Dr Christopher Tinney, Ang...
New telescope for observatory The Alloway Observatory has a new instrument for peering into the depths of space. The observatory recently took delivery of a new 12-inch telescope imported from the United States at a cost of almost $7000. Observatory secretary and senior astronomer Lonnie Smilas...
The 8 - 18 metre wide asteroid 2007 EH will make a close pass (75.6 lunar distances, 0.1943 AU), travelling at 22.92 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th August, 2010 @ 19:55 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), th...
