* Astronomy

Within Texas, credible proposals have been made for the extraterrestrial impact origin of five geological structures. Convincing cases have been made for three of these structures, i.e. Marquez structure (Leon County), Odessa crater (Ector County), and Sierra Madera (Pecos County), of being...

The Big Bang. Manchester Central. 11-13 March. With amazing stands, shows, simulators and workshops you'll really see science and engineering come alive! Read more

Title: The nature of B supergiants: clues from a steep drop in rotation rates at 22000 K. The possibility of Bi-stability braking Authors: Jorick S. Vink, I. Brott, G. Graefener, N. Langer, A. de Koter, D.J. Lennon The location of B supergiants in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD) represents a...

Orbital elements: 2007 PF6 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0308 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 282.91172 (2000.0) P Q n 0.66608034 Peri. 251.16539 -0.82204324 +0.48535495 a 1.2985290 Node 316.44828 -0.20073593 -0.73638895 e 0.4164001 Incl. 25.60676 -0.53286959 -0.47134052 P 1.48 H 20.7 G 0.1...

The First Stars and Galaxies: Challenges for the Next Decade March 8-11, 2010 Austin, Texas The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA) and a new generation of other ground-based instruments will soon glimpse the first primitive galaxies in the universe, yieldi...

Maxima of long period variable Y Andromeda on the 8th March, 2010 Magnitude: 8.2 - 15.1V Type: Mira Period: 220.5 days Position (2000): RA 01 39 36.723, Dec +39 20 39.19

Maxima of long period variable Z Pegasi on the 8th March, 2010 Magnitude: 7.3 - 13.6 V Type: Mira Period: 334.8 days Position (2000): RA 00 00 06.5623, Dec +25 53 11.258

Maxima of long period variable VY Aurigae on the 8th March, 2010 Magnitude: 10.3 - 14,8 V Type: Mira Period: 402.1 days Position (2000): RA 06 09 52.1, Dec +46 34 28

Astronomer Chou Kyong-chol, 81, nicknamed by Koreans as "Dr. Apollo" passed away on Saturday after falling into a coma at Yonsei Severance Hospital in Seoul. Chou, who was suffering heart failure, is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Kim, a former chairman of the Korea Astronom...

Maxima of long period variable U Draco on the 7th March, 2010 Magnitude: 9.1 - 14.6 V Type: Mira Period: 316.13 days Position (2000): RA 19 10 00.6, Dec +67 16 37

Maxima of long period variable TU Andromedae on the 8th March, 2010 Magnitude: 7.5-13.5 V Type: Mira Period: 316.77 days Position (2000): RA 00h32.4m, Dec +26°01.7'

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The 38 - 86 metre wide asteroid 2003 WP25 will make a close pass (43.7-lunar distances, 0.1122-AU), travelling at 7.38-km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th March, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distanc...

Asteroid 2009 CB3 = 9C980EB (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 CB3 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0124 AU Epoch 2009 Jan. 29.0 TT = JDT 2454860.5 MPC M 49.14266 (2000.0) P Q n 1.10703671 Peri. 223.26568 +0.92160355 -0.36346925 a 0.9254679 Node 156.95707 +0.37584337 +0.92328681 e 0.7074772 Incl. 20.35508 -0.09...

The 310 - 680 metre wide asteroid 2005 WE will make a close pass (51.4 lunar distances, 0.1321 AU), travelling at 9.29 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd July, 2010 @ 01:06 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the...