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A strange red light in the sky at Walvis Bay had people all a-buzz and speculating about UFOs and missile launches last week. The strange phenomenon was apparently spotted at 18h30 on Wednesday. Read more

The WZ Sge-type dwarf nova EG Cancri is in outburst. The last outburst occurred in November 1996, and the outburst before that, was in November 1977. The cataclysmic variable was first discovered by M. Huruhata in 1983. The 1977 outburst reached a maximum brightness of 11.9. The nova has long inter...

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Orbital elements Epoch 2009 Sept. 26.0 TT = JDT 2455100.5 MPC M 5.83521 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30707319 Peri. 340.62172 +0.99901732 -0.02677949 T = 2455081.49734 JDT a 2.1759126 Node 21.00711 +0.04046400 +0.87621350 q = 1.7004284 e 0.2185218 Incl. 5.65372 -0.01808463 +0.48117852 Earth MOID = 0.69854...

In the past 50 years, the number of telescopes worldwide has exploded, creating at the same time vast quantities of information. This has boosted research considerably and increased knowledge of our place in the Universe. But much more remains to be discovered, if only astronomers had access to al...

Orbital elements: 2009 TT Earth MOID = 0.0289 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 17.73872 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28059228 Peri. 203.93217 +0.72437561 -0.68609295 a 2.3107462 Node 199.87858 +0.66021994 +0.71856368 e 0.5677030 Incl. 11.45026 +0.19846814 +0.11376603 P 3.51 H 25.0 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...

Orbital elements: 2009 TS Earth MOID = 0.0240 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 23.58622 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39991541 Peri. 34.85645 +0.65282589 -0.75659704 a 1.8245564 Node 14.50811 +0.65693656 +0.54106111 e 0.4656095 Incl. 8.52540 +0.37716405 +0.36716998 P 2.46 H 25.5 G 0.15 U 5 [url=h...

Couple finds space junk - or is it? - in their pool t was definitely a nut but not of the sort that usually falls from the trees near Bill Billetter's backyard. A few Sundays ago, while Gillian Billetter was in the middle of making pork roast and her husband Bill was setting the table, an object flew straig...

A possible magnitude 15.5 supernova was discovered on the 8th October, 2009, in the galaxy IC1320, in the constellation Delphinus. The supernova is located 5" East and 3" South from the center of the galaxy. Position(2000): RA 20 26 26.03, Dec +02 54 32.1

Space organisations in Canada, the European Union, Japan, Russia and the United States have agreed on the following schedule and members for the 20th Expedition Crew that will stay on the International Space Station (ISS). We are pleased to note that Astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospac...

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Not long ago, Sumerians were thought to be the first great fortification builders. For example, a timeline mentions the city of Uruk [Sumerian] as being the first undisputed example of [a] fortified city " in 2,700 B.C. Almost 6,000 years prior to that, a community had constructed five rou...

Orbital elements: 2009 SM98 Earth MOID = 0.0039 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 347.70311 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28673020 Peri. 112.85624 +0.15927718 +0.98679664 a 2.2776506 Node 166.21150 -0.94493765 +0.16100327 e 0.6717342 Incl. 7.08084 -0.28587343 +0.01761665 P 3.44 H 22.3 G 0.15 U 9...

à l'occasion de l'année mondiale de l'astronomie, le bureau de Djerba de l'Association Jeunes et Sciences de Tunisie organise ses 11èmes Journée d'Astronomie. Le programme de l'évènement est bien enrichi par les interventions des spécialistes et des chercheurs en astronomie : Dates : Du 21 au 23...