Yale Researchers Find Key 'Conductor' of Nature's Synchronicity Synchronicity in nature is seen in beating hearts, the flashing of fireflies' lights, the ebb and flow of infectious disease - and the simultaneous rise and fall of populations across vast reaches of space. While scientists have id...
Title: HD 69686: A Mysterious High Velocity B Star Authors: Wenjin Huang, Douglas R. Gies, M. Virginia McSwain We report on the discovery of a high velocity B star, HD 69686. We estimate its space velocity, distance, surface temperature, gravity, and age. With these data, we are able to reconstruct...
Texas State students perform microgravity research with NASA Seven members of the Texas State University-San Marcos Chemistry Club flew an electrochemistry experiment aboard the NASA microgravity aircraft as part of NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program in June. With...
Miniature art found by researcher David Xavier Kenney on a one-of-a-kind jade and iron Ritual Dao (Chopping) Sword from the Warring States period may give the first real clues about the origin of the mysterious Sanxingdui, who existed from the 12th to the 11th c. B.C., then disappeared leaving no wr...
Orbital elements: 2004 VA15 Earth MOID = 0.1995 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 343.46118 (2000.0) P Q n 0.20112003 Peri. 330.08020 +0.98080852 -0.08353385 a 2.8851330 Node 36.05766 +0.17444291 +0.77956112 e 0.5964625 Incl. 17.41605 -0.08708801 +0.62073067 P 4.90 H 18.6 G 0.15 U 1...
Orbital elements: 2009 HV77 Earth MOID = 0.0524 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 348.18448 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37184587 Peri. 245.85853 +0.38727709 +0.92119463 a 1.9152585 Node 46.98165 -0.82609778 +0.36484693 e 0.4567234 Incl. 2.95113 -0.40936403 +0.13523010 P 2.65 H 20.6 G 0.15 U 8 [...
Orbital elements: 2009 MC9 Earth MOID = 0.1581 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 345.62036 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29149322 Peri. 346.38197 +0.65531349 +0.74939923 a 2.2527711 Node 324.42308 -0.67689231 +0.52697818 e 0.4811484 Incl. 9.36621 -0.33523280 +0.40086754 P 3.38 H 18.0 G 0.15 U 9 [...
Archaeologists have found a stone inscription at Periyanayaki Amman temple in Palani dating back to 17th century that mentions a solar eclipse that took place at that time. Periyanayaki Amman temple is one of the important satellite shrines of Arulmighu Dhandayuthapani Swamy temple in Palani....
Title: The SOPHIE northern extrasolar planets. I. A companion close to the planet/brown-dwarf transition around HD16760 Authors: F. Bouchy, G. Hebrard, S. Udry, X. Delfosse, I. Boisse, et al We report on the discovery of a substellar companion or a massive Jupiter orbiting the G5V star HD16760 wi...
Malta Symposium on Hazardous Near Earth Asteroids Russian Cultural and Scientific Centre on Malta October 12-16, 2009 The Year 2009 according to UNESCO is the Year of Astronomy. So many international scientific conferences, seminars and symposiums are devoted to the contemporary astronomy ac...
A Reprogrammable Space Probe Design For Mission Multitasking in Orbit Right now, thousands of satellites are circling the Earth. They're a diverse bunch. Some relay telephone calls, some spy on North Korea, some monitor the weather. But they all have one thing in common: each can only do one thing....
Wild, weird and wonderful exhibits are coming to the Natural History Museum at Tring. Today fossilised trees, meteorite from Mars and a beetle that looks as if it's made from silver were just a few things to go on display at the Akeman Street museum. [url=http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/tring-news/...
