* Astronomy

Like a Hologram, the Universe Merely Appears to Have Three Spatial Dimensions. In quantum physics, nothing is as it seems. As physicists continue to study the universe they continually run into new questions that shake how humans understand the universe's intricate mechanics. ...

Ancient turtle migrated from Asia to America over a tropical Arctic In Arctic Canada, a team of geologists from the University of Rochester has discovered a surprise fossil: a tropical, freshwater, Asian turtle. The find strongly suggests that animals migrated from Asia to North America not arou...

On the 29th January, 2009, scientists from the University of Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range, Skiland, Alaska, launched a pair of rockets to study auroras. A two-stage Black Brant IX rocket was launched at 12:49 a.m. and reached an altitude of more than 226 miles. The rocket flew for just under 10...

2009 BK58 = 9B05676 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 BK58 Earth MOID = 0.0044 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 340.45469 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24296130 Peri. 14.92681 -0.90272408 -0.42936181 a 2.5435756 Node 139.61121 +0.39030006 -0.84388479 e 0.6226643 Incl. 2.40230 +0.18098371 -0.32...

2009 BN58 = 9B8D1BF (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 BN58 Earth MOID = 0.0463 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 312.58121 (2000.0) P Q n 0.61745715 Peri. 194.24210 -0.84550212 -0.52727588 a 1.3658348 Node 313.61390 +0.50059873 -0.72778086 e 0.2463001 Incl. 6.68636 +0.18581464 -0.4...

2001 DR8 = SW40fj (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2001 DR8 Earth MOID = 0.0797 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 21.73554 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36901736 Peri. 43.23070 +0.94872580 -0.31231494 a 1.9250330 Node 334.84477 +0.24964914 +0.83495314 e 0.6724650 Incl. 6.58857 +0.19389345 +0.453114...

Arianespace has announced that it has won a contract to launch a new small Eutelsat spacecraft. The satellite will be launched by an Ariane 5 in the second quarter of 2008 from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The spacecraft will be built by a joint venture betw...

Mapping Impact Modified Sediments: Subtle Remote-Sensing Signatures of the Dakhleh Oasis Catastrophic Event, Western Desert, Egypt A.F.C. Haldemann (JPL, Caltech), M.R. Kleindienst (U. Toronto at Mississauga), C.S. Churcher (U. Toronto), J.R. Smith (Washington University i...

As the devout among the ancients knew well, nothing spices up a boring sermon like having your own sacrifice pit parked in front of your church. Throw in a secret tunnel to the death chamber, and you've got a churchgoing experience that no suburban mega-church, no matter how many good parking spots it...

2009 BJ58 = 9B0558A Orbital elements: 2009 BJ58 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0055 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 313.03046 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37750186 Peri. 84.37364 -0.78891602 +0.59106823 a 1.8960800 Node 131.72581 -0.61410800 -0.74856604 e 0.7150371 Incl. 13.01476 -0.02197430 -0.30047...

Asteroid 2009 BL71 = 9B0664F (NEOCPO)Orbital elements: 2009 BL71 Earth MOID = 0.0131 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 110.02388 (2000.0) P Q n 1.09015221 Peri. 291.29642 +0.66474850 +0.74633082 a 0.9349993 Node 20.47927 -0.64548598 +0.59614228 e 0.2622102 Incl. 5.43897 -0.37610...

2009 BV73 = 9B06750 (NEOCPO)

2009 BE77 = 9B6257C (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 BE77 Earth MOID = 0.2734 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 323.25240 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28288413 Peri. 26.39918 -0.65104697 +0.74476449 a 2.2982486 Node 203.89440 -0.74456282 -0.66413705 e 0.8089427 Incl. 21.20426 -0.14752647 +0.0...

Asteroid 2009 BK71 = 9B06563 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 BK71 Earth MOID = 0.3747 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 4.44806 (2000.0) P Q n 0.38192034 Peri. 105.29287 +0.31818674 -0.85898256 a 1.8814277 Node 318.12849 +0.45764689 +0.50972839 e 0.4000299 Incl. 36.94007 +0.83025...

Asteroid 2009 BQ58 = 9B0660F (NEOCPO)