* Astronomy

A super meteor was observed over Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland, and seen as far as northern Lapland on the September 28, 2007, with meteoritic material suspected to have landed southeast of Oulu, but none yet has been found. Read more

Title: 3 to 12 millimetre studies of dense gas towards the western rim of supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 Authors: Nigel I. Maxted, Gavin P. Rowell, Bruce R. Dawson, Michael G. Burton, Brent P. Nicholas, Yasuo Fukui, Andrew J. Walsh, Akiko Kawamura, Hirotaka Horachi, Hidetoshi Sano The young X-...

New Planet Kepler-21b discovery a partnership of both space and ground-based observations The NASA Kepler Mission is designed to survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way Galaxy to discover Earth-size planets in or near the "habitable zone," the region in a planetary system where...

Light may arise from tiny relativity violations, according to a new theory. Speaking most recently at last month's American Physical Society meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in Nebraska, Alan Kostelecky of Indiana University described how light mi...

SpaceX 'Mars' rocket engine tested Private firm SpaceX has carried out its first test of the Raptor rocket engine, designed to send humans to Mars. SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced that the engine had been fired at the company's facility in McGregor, Texas. If his vision is realised, it could powe...

NASA Armstrong Celebrates 70 Years of Flight Research The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics sent 13 engineers and support staff to California's Mojave Desert in September 1946 to assist in the quest for supersonic flight. The X-1 aircraft represented the first U.S. Air Force designat...

Surprising New Branches on Arthropod Family Tree Any way you look at it -- by sheer weight, species diversity or population -- the hard-shelled, joint-legged creepy crawlies called arthropods dominate planet Earth. Because of their success and importance, scientists have been trying for decad...

The Kobe (CK4) meteorite fell in Kinki, Japan, on the 26th September, 1999. A total mass of 136 g was recovered. 34° 44'N, 135° 10'E

The Santa Barbara (L4) meteorite fell in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on the 26th September, 1873. A total mass of 400 g was recovered. 29° 12'S, 51° 52'W

Chinese Arctic expedition team returns home China's seventh Arctic expedition using the Chinese icebreaker Xuelong returned to its research base in Shanghai on Monday after a 78-day mission.Xuelong set out from Shanghai on July 11 and has since traveled 13,000 nautical miles to explore marine...

ATel 9549: FLOYDS Classification of ATLAS16cxr as a Young Type Ia Supernova

On Monday, India sent a rocket into space which successfully launched eight satellites in one go. The main purpose of the launch which took place at the Sriharikota space centre off India's eastern coast, was to put into orbit SCATSAT-1, a satellite that will help weather forecasting. Five of the ot...

Image of sunspot 12597 captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount and Baader solar filter. Prime focus. Hazy cloudy Sky.

The Fermo (H3-5) meteorite fell in Marche, Italy, on the 25th September, 1996. A total mass of 10.2 kg was recovered. 43° 10' 52"N, 13° 45' 12"E

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