March 6-13, 2010, Big Sky, Montana The 2010 conference is the31st in a series of annual weeklong winter engineering conferences designed for aerospace experts, academia, military personnel, and industry leaders in a stimulating and thought-provoking environment. The Conference promotes in...
The Next Generation Blue Marble In celebration of its 'great observatory in the sky,' NASA is pleased to share the newest in its series of stunning Earth images, affectionately named the 'Blue Marble.' This new Earth imagery enhances the Blue Marble legacy by providing a detailed look at an entire y...
aar Qim is a megalithic temple complex found on the Mediterranean island of Malta, dating from the gantija phase (3600-3200 BCE). The Megalithic Temples of Malta are amongst the most ancient religious sites on Earth, described by the World Heritage Sites committee as "unique architectural...
A volcano overlooking Taiwan's capital Taipei is still active, and not dormant as long thought, potentially threatening an area that is home to three million people, local media reported Monday. Datun Mountain, around an hour's drive from Taipei's city centre, could devastate the entire urban a...
Meteor Showers February has no major meteor showers but there are a couple of minor showers for Southern hemisphere observers, the Alpha and Beta Centaurids. Although the Alpha Centaurids is considered a minor shower, in some years the number of meteors rises enough to reach the level of a major sho...
UCC in Cranford to close Sperry Observatory Effective July 21, 2010, Union County's communities will lose what has been a valuable educational resource for the past 43 years. The Board of Trustees and Board of Governors of Union County College (UCC) have decided to close Sperry Observatory, and co...
Northland residents report seeing flaming object in the sky Several Northland residents reported seeing a flaming object in the sky about 7:15 p.m. tonight. Audrey Monicken, who lives on Duluths Park Point, said she was watching television when she caught the sight. [url=http://www.duluthnew...
Orbital elements: 2010 EK2 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0326 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 319.74632 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37129308 Peri. 249.34644 -0.57321089 +0.81117573 a 1.9171591 Node 343.99188 -0.50324682 -0.46009077 e 0.5873412 Incl. 24.84229 -0.64666213 -0.36098534 P 2.65 H 21.6 G 0.1...
Joanne Simpson (born 1923, died March 4, 2010) was the first woman to ever receive a Ph.D. in meteorology. She eventually became NASA's lead weather researcher and has authored or co-authored over 190 articles. Read more
Orbital elements: 2010 CC180 Earth MOID = 0.3028 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 315.66951 (2000.0) P Q n 0.38427419 Peri. 216.70492 -0.87064034 +0.49069841 a 1.8737367 Node 352.43713 -0.36502944 -0.69166923 e 0.3217316 Incl. 15.26317 -0.32975582 -0.52991390 P 2.56 H 18.4 G 0.15 U...
Title: The radii of the nearby K5V and K7V stars 61 Cyg A & B - CHARA/FLUOR interferometry and CESAM2k modeling Authors: Pierre Kervella (LESIA), Antoine Mérand (CHARA), Bernard Pichon (OCA), Frédéric Thévenin (OCA), Ulrike Heiter, Lionel Bigot (OCA), Theo A. Ten Brummelaar (CHARA), Harold...
Eta Persei ( Per, Struve 307) is a star in the constellation Perseus. It also has the traditional Arabic name Miram. Eta Persei is a triple star system; the AB components (at magnitude 3.76 and 8.5, separation 28.3, position angle 301°) are gold (K0) and blue (A0) and a good target for small telescopes...
ISRO conducts flight testing of advanced sounding rocket The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the flight testing of its new generation high performance sounding rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) on Wednesday. [url=http://beta.thehindu....