Universal Declaration of Human Rights flies into space "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a sprit of brotherhood" - Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR...
Astronomers discover a binary system that boasts the widest separation known in the solar system Long-distance relationships are tough enough when partners are a continent apart. Consider the plight of two solar system bodies separated by a distance more than 20 times as great. Astronomers have...
Before there were priests or doctors, people seeking solace or treatment for an illness often called in a shaman, an intermediary between the human and spirit worlds. Archaeologists working in Israel now claim that a 12,000-year-old grave of a woman buried with various animal and human body parts...
A community in Co Galway is outraged that a 2,000-year-old ritual stone is to be moved and taken to a museum. Minister for the Environment John Gormley has been asked to intervene to prevent Turoe Stone from being moved to Galway City Museum. The three-foot high oval granite monument was erected near...
You have heard about deep-fried mars bars. But now, T. Strachan who owns a Butcher shop in Mastrick, Aberdeen, has produced `milky bar bangers`; sausages that include white chocolate. The sausages are seemingly a hit with his customers.
Another of the southern constellations named by Frenchman Nicolas Louis de Lacaille was originally called L'Atelier du Sculpteur, or in English, Workshop of the Sculptor. Later, the name was shortened to just Sculptor. This constellation was formed from a group of stars first charted by de Lacai...
Title: Kelu-1 is a Binary L Dwarf: First Brown Dwarf Science from Laser Guide
Star Adaptive Optics
Authors: Michael C. Liu (IfA/Hawaii), Sandy K. Leggett (UKIRT/JAC)
Researchers have presented near-IR imaging of the nearby L2 dwarf Kelu-1 obtained with the Keck...
Title: The Lacerta OB1 Association Authors: W. P. Chen, H. T. Lee Lac OB1 is a nearby OB association in its final stage of star formation. While the member stars suggest an expansion time scale of tens of Myr, the latest star formation episode, as manifested by the existence of massive and pre-main seq...
Title: HD 271791: An Extreme Supernova Runaway B Star Escaping from the Galaxy Authors: Norbert Przybilla (1), Maria-Fernanda Nieva (1,2), Ulrich Heber (1), Keith Butler (3) ((1) Dr. Remeis-Observatory Bamberg, (2) MPI for Astrophysics Garching, (3) University Observatory Munich) Hyper-ve...
Earth had a near miss with a passing asteroid this week. The space rock, labelled 2008 VM, was only discovered on Monday (3 November) at 5.49 UT as it raced towards us. Hours later, at 22.29 UT, it skimmed by at a distance of just 28,000 miles - around an eighth as far the moon. [url=http://news.skymania...
China has successfully launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket with the Shiyan 3 and Chuangxin 1-02 Satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gansu Province, at 00:15 UT (08:15 Beijing time), 5th November, 2008. The satellites were successfully inserted into orbi...
Satellite images reveal ways of saving port At a time when the Haldia dock is suffering from excessive silting, hopes are alive of saving the falling draught by re-establishing an alternative natural channel on the western side of Auckland, which has emerged as a new possibility. Images of this new...
Title: HAT-P-10b: A light and moderately hot Jupiter transiting a K dwarf Authors: G. A. Bakos (1,2), A. Pal (1,4), G. Torres (1), B. Sipocz (1,4), D. W. Latham (1), R. W. Noyes (1), Geza Kovacs (3), J. Hartman (1), G. A. Esquerdo (1), D. A. Fischer (6), J. A. Johnson (7), G. W. Marcy (5), R. P. Butler (8), A...
A magnitude 15.3 Supernova, 2006X, was discovered on the 7th February by Shoji Suzuki; M. Migliardi (CROSS) in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 100 (NGC 4321) in the constellation Coma Bernices.
It is located 12" west and 48" south of the nucleus.
M100 lies approximately 65-70 million light years a...
