The 1200 - 2700 metre wide asteroid 2000 LC16 will make a close pass (75.6 Lunar Distances, 0.1943 AU), travelling at 5.39 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th August, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance be...
'Volcano-like' explosion near Kaza On July 27 people in Rangrik village claimed to have heard and seen an explosion atop a nearby hill top, which they claimed was similar to volcanic eruption. This was followed by landslides and water gushing out of the hill continuously. [url=http://www.himvan...
A magnitude 15.5 supernova, 2009hq, was discovered by B. Monard on the 30th July, 2009, in the spiral galaxy NGC 4152 in the constellation Coma Berenices. The supernova is located 7" east and 23" north from the center of the galaxy. As yet the type is unknown. Position (2000): RA = 12h10m...
Dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator Satellite (DRAGONSat) will demonstrate autonomous rendezvous and docking (ARD) in low Earth orbit (LEO) and gather flight data with a global positioning system (GPS) receiver strictly designed for space applications. ARD is the capability of two ind...
An impressive fireball fell in the Northern Greece region or the nearby countries, according to eye witnesses throughout the region. The phenomenon was so bright that it was seen from the control tower at the Macedonia airport in Thessalonica, and also in Albania and FYROM, so reported the North G...
Japanese scientists are preparing to dig deep inside the Earth.
The researchers hope to collect the first samples of the Earth's mantle for clues on the primitive organisms that were the forerunners of life -- and study tectonic plates.
"Deep underground -- under high pressure, high tem...
Title: A Third Exoplanetary System with Misaligned Orbital and Stellar Spin Axes Authors: John A. Johnson, Joshua N. Winn, Simon Albrecht, Andrew W. Howard, Geoffrey W. Marcy, J. Zachary Gazak We present evidence that the WASP-14 exoplanetary system has misaligned orbital and stellar-rotatio...
A British computer hacker begins a last-ditch challenge tomorrow to stop his extradition to the United States where he could face up to 70 years jail. Gary McKinnon, 42, is bringing a judicial review challenge to the decision by the Home Secretary that he should be extradited over allegations that h...
There's an observatory hidden on Oahu that can capture comets, asteroids, and galaxies. For security reasons, KHNL has been asked not to reveal where the observatory is at. But we did get a sneak peek. It's a robotic eye, that can see light years away, from the Eagle Nebula, the Whirlpool Galaxy, and e...
Mysterious orange lights have been spotted "flying in formation" in the night sky. Paul Lockwood saw four lights moving at a steady speed above Cambridge at 10.20pm on Saturday. The same night, at 10.45pm, a Meldreth resident saw seven bright orange lights moving across the sky. [url=h...
The exhibition Hong Kong ObservatoryWeathering the Storms for 125 Years to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Hong Kong Observatory was officially launched on 22 July. It will be open to the public in the main lobby of the Hong Kong Museu...
Orbital elements: 2009 OP9 Earth MOID = 0.1154 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 333.74805 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32192746 Peri. 221.30980 +0.98689615 -0.08077311 a 2.1084535 Node 142.62023 +0.11038724 +0.96937940 e 0.4929785 Incl. 13.30215 -0.11768879 +0.23190359 P 3.06 H 19.5 G 0.15 U 9...
A 260-million-year-old fossil is the oldest known tree-dwelling creature, according to researchers. Scientists described the finding as the earliest evidence in the fossil record of an "opposable thumb". In the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, they described how the animal's...
