Orbital elements: 2009 LQ1 Earth MOID = 0.0622 AU Epoch 2009 May 29.0 TT = JDT 2454980.5 MPC M 29.28005 (2000.0) P Q n 0.74134018 Peri. 95.67522 -0.90063779 +0.43431505 a 1.2090874 Node 110.06724 -0.40472671 -0.82580684 e 0.1191754 Incl. 0.90894 -0.15826519 -0.35974088 P 1.33 H 22.2 G 0.15 From 16...
The editor-in-chief of a journal is to resign after claiming that the publisher, Bentham Science Publishing, accepted a hoax article for publication without his knowledge. The fake, computer-generated manuscript was submitted to The Open Information Science Journal by Philip Davis, a gradua...
Title: Imaging and Modelling Rapidly Rotating Stars: Alpha Cephei and Alpha Ophiuchi Authors: M. Zhao (1), J. D. Monnier (1), E. Pedretti (2), N. Thureau (2), A. Merand (3,4), T. ten Brummelaar (3), H. McAlister (3), S. T. Ridgway (5), N. Turner (3), J. Sturmann (3), L. Sturmann (3), C. Farrington (3...
Title: OGLE-2009-BLG-076S - The most metal-poor dwarf star in the Galactic bulge Authors: T. Bensby (1), S. Feltzing (2), J.A. Johnson (3), A. Gal-Yam (4), A. Udalski (5) A. Gould (3), C. Han (6), D. Adén (2), J. Simmerer (2) ((1) European Southern Observatory, Chile, (2) Lund Observatory, Sweden,...
An Indian River man says it feels like he "won the lottery" after finding a 300-pound rock on his property that he believes is a meteorite. Henri Alvessays he recently found the roughly 2˝-foot-long rock that has strange grooves on its surface, holes on its sides and blackened edges. [url...
On the edge of an east London rooftop stands an increasingly bedraggled man. Arms outstretched, the rain lashes at his face and cascades down his beard onto sopping clothes. In each hand he holds out a dish containing tiny metal crucibles; he grins as the raindrops ping against the containers. Just a...
A qualified surveyor claims a picturesque village on the Essex/Suffolk border might boast the only proper stone circle outside the west of England. For generations the sarcen stones at Alphamstone near Sudbury have been at the centre of hot debate as to whether they were ever part of a stone circle....
Orbital elements: 2009 KV21 Earth MOID = 0.0295 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 354.04353 (2000.0) P Q n 0.27043306 Peri. 218.58312 +0.42405346 +0.89715099 a 2.3682608 Node 76.81928 -0.79620640 +0.43440071 e 0.5824318 Incl. 7.29828 -0.43154840 +0.08010076 P 3.64 H 24.6 G 0.15 U 8 [...
Title: Recent Star-Forming Activity in Local Elliptical Galaxies Authors: Song Huang, Qiu-Sheng Gu The formation and evolution of elliptical galaxies (EGs) is still an open question. In particular, recent observations suggest that elliptical galaxies are not only simple spheroidal systems...
Astronomers announced today that stars of a recently discovered type, dubbed ultracool subdwarfs, take some pretty wild rides as they orbit around the Milky Way, following paths that are very different from those of typical stars. One of them may actually be a visitor that originated in another ga...
Cosmic Cloud Poised to Birth Massive Star A massive, tranquil object found lurking in a dark cloud in our galaxy could be about to transform into a massive star or stars, giving astronomers their first glimpse at such a region on the cusp of stellar birth. The cloud, located near the Aquila rift in the g...
Title: Pixel-lensing as a way to detect extrasolar planets in M31 Authors: G. Ingrosso, S. Calchi Novati, F. De Paolis, Ph. Jetzer, A.A. Nucita, A.F. Zakharov We study the possibility to detect extrasolar planets in M31 through pixel-lensing observations. Using a Monte Carlo approach, we select...
A magnitude 15.9 supernova, 2009ge, was discovered by CHASE on the 11 June, 2009, in the spiral galaxy ESO 101-18 in the constellation Triangulum Australe. The supernova is located 40".5 west and 8".2 south from the center of the galaxy. As yet the type is unknown. Position (2000): RA = 1...
A spectacular discovery of Stone Age menhirs in Brittany could unlock the code to one of the most puzzling chapters of human development, and transform our knowledge of mankind's early history
Some months ago builders were clearing a piece of wasteland in southern Brittany when they struck an...
A schoolboy has survived a direct hit by a meteorite after it fell to earth at 30,000mph. Gerrit Blank, 14, was on his way to school when he saw "ball of light" heading straight towards him from the sky. A red hot, pea-sized piece of rock then hit his hand before bouncing off and causing a foot w...
