An archaeologist has discovered that the passage into a burial mound on Anglesey (Wales) was built to catch the rising sun on the summer solstice.
Steve Burrow said he was 'elated' when the sun filtered in through trees as he sat in the Bryn Celli Ddu chamber. He made the discovery as he researched a b...
Although the modern-day reincarnation of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" may not rise to the classic status of the 57-year-old original, it fortifies the science-fiction story with some fresh science facts. The original 1951 movie was a black-and-white, Space Age parable about a plan...
The ancient Greeks named the stars after heroes. Now the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is doing it too. That's how a lump of rock numbered 23155 became Asteroid Judithblack, in honour of a 19-year-old student who won a US $1500 prize for her scheme to improve the efficiency of an au...
A Japanese research team has succeeded in filming a giant squid live -- possibly for the first time -- and says the elusive creatures may be more plentiful than previously believed, a researcher said Friday.
The research team, led by Tsunemi Kubodera, videotaped the giant squid at the surface as t...
From Galileo Galilei to NASA, people around the world have looked through telescopes to study the heavens for guidance, whether it's to navigate oceans or plan a space shot. Alamogordo area residents have looked up at the cosmos for many years from the Buena Vista Elementary School observatory. It...
For Laura Beswick, stargazing is a spiritual experience. Ms. Beswick has glimpsed the "superbright" Pleiades, as well as Andromeda, and areas so densely packed with stars that "it looked like someone threw sand in the sky and it stuck." [url=http://www.hometownannapoli...
A six-month long exercise to look for 20 best young astronomers in Odisha, under the Young Astronomers Talent Search programme organised by Tata Steel in association with Pathani Samanta Planetarium ended here on Saturday. The young astronomers, selected from among students of different scho...
A magnitude Mag 15.1, Type Ia supernova, 2008ia, was discovered by Pignata et al. (CHASE) on the 7th December, 2008, in the spiral galaxy ESO 125-6 in the constellation Carina. The supernova is located 2 West, North from the nucleus of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 08 50 35.15, Dec = -61 16 40....
Hanshan Temple is one of the symbols of Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province. With a history of over thousand years, the ancient building has got a new world record. The temple owes its fame to a poem written by Zhang Ji during the Tang Dynasty, more than 13-hundred years ago. [url=http://www.c...
A meteor is being credited with turning on an eerie show south of Auckland. Just after sunset a bright line could be seen in the sky for several minutes above the horizon. Read more
The 102 metre wide asteroid 2008 XC1 is to pass 4.3 lunar distances from the Earth-moon system on the 13th December, 2008. Read more 2008 XC1 Earth Impact Risk SummaryTorino Scale (maximum)Palermo Scale (maximum)-5...
A strong magnitude 6.o earthquake occurred at 21:45:38 (UTC) on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, in central Mongolia region, 207 km from Bayandalay, Mongolia, at a depth of 5 km. Location 45.000°N, 105.000°E
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Russian Space Agency have joined hands to share critical equipments for the Indian Man Mission to the Moon. India and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote joint activities in the field of human space flight programme du...
