* Astronomy

An N-1 Rocket Body that was launched from Tanegashima Island on the 22nd February 1980, for the Ayame 2 mission Reentred the Earths atmosphere on the 6th April, 2009 @ 4:00 GMT ± 2 hours Inclination: 24.4° Revolution Number: 52776 Predicted Location: 14.6° S, 268.8° E

The 30 - 65 metre wide asteroid 2007 YF, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 2nd April, 2009, passing by fourteen million km away. See more

Impact risk now at -4.41 Palermo scale. (Analysis based on 45 observations spanning 5.1147 days) Source

The 25 - 55 metre wide asteroid 2008 TA4, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 30th March, 2009, passing by around nineteen million, four hundred thousand km. See more

The 350 - 780 metre wide asteroid 2006 BC10, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 30th March, 2009, passing by around twenty million, seven hundred thousand km. See more

The 40 - 85 metre wide asteroid 2002 VX91, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 28th March, 2009, passing by around nine million, six hundred and sixty thousand km. See more

The 20 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2009 FV23, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 28th March, 2009, passing by around three million, one hundred and sixty thousand km. See more

The 40 - 85 metre wide asteroid 2009 FS, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 27th March, 2009, passing by around four million, fifty thousand km. See more

The 10 - 25 metre wide asteroid 2009 FE19, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 26th March, 2009, passing by around five million, five hundred and eighty thousand km. See more

The 20 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2009 FA5, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 25th March, 2009, passing by around six million, ninety thousand km. See more

The 20 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2009 FT23, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 25th March, 2009, passing by around one million, eight hundred thousand km. See more

The 32m-71 metre wide asteroid 2007 TH3, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 25th March, 2009, passing by around fifteen million km. See more

Orbital elements: 2007 UP6 Earth MOID = 0.0157 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 172.13761 (2000.0) P Q n 1.03446137 Peri. 236.04054 -0.04887117 +0.99501790 a 0.9682627 Node 31.50435 -0.85274288 +0.00373156 e 0.0943008 Incl. 9.57211 -0.52003960 -0.09962655 P 0.95 H 23.0 G 0.15 U 2 MP...

A multimillion-pound project to develop a new type of telescope, deemed to be "first-rate science", has been cancelled before its completion by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. The Clover project is jointly run by the universities of Cardiff, Oxford, Cambridge and Man...

Asteroid 2009 DS36 = CHF639 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 DS36 Earth MOID = 0.0450 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 315.37873 (2000.0) P Q n 0.61732678 Peri. 164.31297 -0.78808019 -0.60401355 a 1.3660271 Node 337.22635 +0.52663845 -0.56169724 e 0.2471849 Incl. 17.86215 +0.3187...