* Astronomy

Title: The Asymptotic Giant Branch and the Tip of the Red Giant Branch as Probes of Star Formation History: The Nearby Dwarf Irregular Galaxy KKH 98 Authors: J. Melbourne (Caltech), B. Williams (U. Washington), J. Dalcanton (U. Washington), S. M. Ammons (Arizona), C. Max (UCSC), D. C. Koo (UCSC), L...

The Astronomical Observatory of Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala has been active over a decade in observing the heavens effortlessly. It is an incomparable endeavour by the institution, establishing an observatory to impart excellent astronomy education. Most people take at least a passing intere...

Pieces of a giant asteroid or comet that broke apart over Earth may have crashed off Australia about 1,500 years ago, says a scientist who has found evidence of the possible impact craters. Satellite measurements of the Gulf of Carpentaria revealed tiny changes in sea level that are signs of impact c...

Google has updated some areas of Google Earth underwater terrain. Google Earth file (1.3kb, kmz)

Brazilian archaeologists have found an ancient stone structure in a remote corner of the Amazon that may cast new light on the region's past. The well preserved site pre-dates European colonisation and is said to suggest a sophisticated knowledge of astronomy. Its appearance is being comp...

NASA astronomers have successfully demonstrated that a David of a telescope can tackle Goliath-size questions in the quest to study Earth-like planets around other stars. Their work, reported today in the journal Nature, provides a new tool for ground-based observatories, promising to accele...

Sic ferebantur per octo dies. Jam autem viderunt insulam non longe ab illis valde rostam et saxosam atque scoriosam sine arboribus et herbis plenam officinis fabrorum. Venerabilis pater ait fratribus suis: «Videte fratres; angustia est mihi de hac insula quia nolo in illam ire aut etiam sibi appr...

Orbital elements: 2008 EL6 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0205 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 272.29933 (2000.0) P Q n 0.43377779 Peri. 38.10604 -0.80945013 +0.58712306 a 1.7283214 Node 177.79074 -0.57896808 -0.79553710 e 0.4799546 Incl. 13.15705 -0.09791042 -0.14969046 P 2.27 H 21.0 G 0.15...

Samandag - a Strange Shrine The large white mass is possibly a meteorite that fell here in the unknown past and has now been enclosed by the shrine. Read more

Red-Light-Emitting Polymers: Unexpected Efficiency[url=http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1402/TE...

A half century ago the Mercury Seven embodied America's space future. Now it's the merchant seven - space companies for hire. Mimicking a scene 51 years ago when the Mercury astronauts were revealed, NASA's boss beamed Tuesday as he introduced the "faces of a new frontier:" representat...

Orbital elements: 2010 AA15 Perihelion 2010 Jan 9.999452 TT = 23:59:12 (JD 2455206.499452) Epoch 2010 Jan 7.0 TT = JDT 2455203.5 M 359.1599 (2000.0) P Q n 0.2800721 Peri. 142.7775 -0.2914786 -0.9553748 a 2.3136062 Node 324.0978 0.8567935 -0.2384552 e 0.138115 Incl. 4.6901 0.4253763 -0.1743501...

Asteroid (1248) Jugurtha at magnitude 14.6 will occult the magnitude 6.3 star HD 23183 (14 Tau) in the constellation Taurus, at 00:46 UT, 3rd February, 2010. The 3.9 second event is visible from Europe, SE Canada and Eastern USA. Position(2000): RA 03 43 47.2132, Dec +19 39 54.116

Several people reported seeing a meteor fall Monday night west of Billings in an area between Red Lodge and Molt. Read more

Two new New Zealand volcanoes discovered. Geologists have discovered two new underwater volcanoes off the north-east coast of New Zealand. The Geologists were working in the Kermadec Arc, near Raoul Island, when they made their discovery. The volcanoes are relatively small, with crater...