* Astronomy

The oldest known human hairs could be the strands discovered in fossil hyena poop found in a South African cave, a new study hints. Researchers discovered the rock-hard hyena dung near the Sterkfontein caves, where many early human ancestor fossils have been found. [url=http://news.nationalge...

Two meteorites found in Antarctica have compositions very similar to Earths andesite. The great age of these meteorites (4.5 billion years +) suggests that the andesite-like rocks were not formed through plate tectonics on a differentiated planet. The two meteorites were discovered during the...

The 50 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2009 CF will make a close pass (58.3 Lunar Distances, 0.1499 AU) to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th February 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

A Russian Molniya-M SL-6 Rocket Body that was launched on the 6th April 1993 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on 10th February 2009 @ 04:41 GMT ± 48 hours. TLE Data /span>SL-6 RB 1 22597U 93022D 09037.86123503 .14900007 18565-4 26663-3 3707 2 22597...

The asteroid 6433 Enya is at its closest point, passing within 130,045,174 miles (1.399 AU), from the Earth today. See more

An amazing new invention by the Canadian military could mean youll never suffer from frozen fingers again. Researchers at the Department of National Defence have developed the Torso Heating for Dexterity in the Cold system, a close fitting battery-powered vest with a built-in thermostat. [url=...

Alcatel Alenia Space today announced that it will deliver the high-powered Ciel-2 telecommunication satellite to Ciel Satellite of Canada, the newest member of the SES family. The new spacecraft, expected to launch by late 2008, will be the largest Spacebus class satellite ever built by...

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Launch preparations for the АМC-23 (WorldSat-3) AMERICOM 23 communications satellite for SES AMERICOM are still on schedule. Fuelling of the main propulsion system of Breeze-M upper stage is scheduled to take place at the Fuelling Station of Site 31 of Baikonur on Nove...

Thor 5 Proton M-Briz M Launch on 10th February, 2008.

International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, announced today they are teaming up for the fifth time, to launch the Nimiq 4 satellite on a Proton Breeze M vehicle. ILS, a Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) joint venture, is scheduled to launch...

The Progress M-01M/31P unmanned resupply spacecraft has undocked from the International Space Station and will become a temporary space lab before being "buried" in the Pacific Ocean. Tests of the new digitally-controlled Progress spacecraft with an upgraded flight computer sy...

The mystery surrounding the latest UFO sighting in Harborough appears to have been solved. Similar to a situation in 2007, a Chinese lantern seems to be the culprit behind the riddle. Read more

York University is offering everyone a look through its telescopes for two hours each week. And you don't even have to leave home. The live telescope feed will run on York's special website in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy. [url=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Y...