* Astronomy

Comet 142P/Ge-Wang is at perihelion (2.488 AU) on the 30th May, 2010.

A possible magnitude 10.7 nova was discovered on the 27th May, 2010, in the constellation Vulpecula. Position(2000): RA = 21 22 54.48 , Dec = +25 47 29.4

Pioneer used meteorite as washstand A recent article on the Plainview Meteorite has sparked local interest in space rocks and cast new light on a first-hand account of perhaps the earliest identified extraterrestrial stone found in Hale County. That account, by R.A. McWhorter, is contained in &q...

A spacecraft built by students has been launched towards another planet for the first time, but it has fallen ominously silent. The toaster-oven-sized cube called UNITEC-1 was launched towards Venus on 20 May [2010]. It hitched a ride on the same rocket that launched a half-tonne Venus orbiter nam...

The 45 - 100 metre wide asteroid 2008 UP100 will make a close pass (34.3 lunar distances, 0.0880 AU), travelling at 9.23 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th July, 2010 @ 10:48 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (L...

Dr Christine Thomas, from University of Liverpool, has found a previously undetected seismic layer near the Earth's core-mantle boundary. H...

NASA Takes to the Air With New 'Earth Venture' Research Projects Hurricanes, air quality and Arctic ecosystems are among the research areas to be investigated during the next five years by new NASA airborne science missions announced today. The five competitively-selected proposals, includin...

Title: The orbital period in the supergiant fast X-ray transient IGR J16465--4507 Authors: D. J. Clark (1,2), V. Sguera (3,4), A.J Bird (1), V. A. McBride (1), A. B. Hill (5), S. Scaringi (6), S. Drave (1), A. Bazzano (4), A.J Dean (1) ((1) University of Southampton, UK, (2) CESR, France, (3) INAF, Bol...

Orbital elements: 2010 AU118 Earth MOID = 0.1483 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 199.48957 (2000.0) P Q n 0.47738336 Peri. 339.61370 +0.91098615 -0.10598106 a 1.6214038 Node 35.21355 +0.40299876 +0.43429736 e 0.3058879 Incl. 43.72850 -0.08772818 +0.89451317 P 2.06 H 17.7 G 0.15 U...

Orbital elements: 2010 KR59 Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 6.00357 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00353422 Peri. 56.40768 -0.19888045 -0.94858726 a 42.6848152 Node 47.14602 +0.75044111 -0.30899618 e 0.7504186 Incl. 19.62598 +0.63030525 +0.06858260 P 279 H 7.7 G 0.15 U 5 [url=http://www.minorp...

Orbital elements: C/2010 J3 (McMillan) T 2010 Sept. 28.304 TT MPC q 2.21022 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 180.617 +0.203993 +0.947709 Node 101.173 -0.897115 +0.281321 e 1.0 Incl. 14.487 -0.391882 -0.150684 From 91 observations 2010 May 12-13.[url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10J80....

On the 1st May, 1949, Nereid the second moon of the planet Neptune was discovered by Gerard Kuiper.

Maxima of long period variable WY Cassiopeia on the 28th May, 2010 Magnitude: 8.2-15.5 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 23 58 01.32, Dec +56 29 13.4

A Boeing Delta 4 Medium rocket will launch the polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite Program 17, (DMSP F17), for the U.S. Air Force, from SLC-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 13:53-...

The Blue Mountain Observatory will hold free public viewing sessions starting this week, offering its telescopes to those who want to gaze at planets, nebulas and far-away galaxies. "People who come up there seem to have a good time" - Jaylene Naylor, University of Montana astronomy an...