* Astronomy

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Leading physicists have told the BBC that long-term research is suffering because of a shortage of funding. Read more

P60-FasTING (Palomar 60-inch Fast Transients In Nearby Galaxies) has discovered a magnitude 20.6 possible nova in the galaxy M81, on the 27th October, 2008. Position(2000): RA = 09:55:36.105, Dec = +69°03'10".0 The nova is located 15.8"E, 33.1"S from the nucleus of the galaxy...

GRB 080810A Swift detection: 13:10:12.28 UT, 10th August, 2008 Position(2000): RA = 23 47 10.4, Dec. = +00d 19' 07.6" Position Error: 4.7" Read more

NASA has become the second agency to begin offering information about its federally funded research projects on the research.gov Web site launched last year by the National Science Foundation. NSF intends for the site to become a government wide portal to make grant information more easily acces...

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Commodore BASIC as a Scripting Language for UNIX and Windows - now Open Source Read more

October is just about the perfect time for Valley stargazers - monsoon clouds have finally departed and evening temperatures are becoming pleasant. With the constellations of autumn wheeling into the evening sky, what better time to blow the dust off your telescopes and reacquaint yourself with...

Observatory to Rise in Iceland's Krýsuvík The town council of Hafnarfjördur has provided a lot to the Seltjarnarnes Observatory Association to construct an observatory in the geothermal area of Krýsuvík on the Reykjanes peninsula. The association plans to construct a 1,650 square-meter build...

Japan H2-A rocket nearer commercial satellite launch Japan's space programme took a step towards the first commercial launch by its domestic H2-A rocket when South Korea's space agency chose Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd on Friday as a preferred bidder to launch its satellite. [url=http://i...

The FAA and other public agencies say they have no idea what plummeted from the sky and plowed into the ground near the Colorado River back in May. But numerous eyewitnesses saw it and they saw the flotilla of helicopters that arrived soon after to retrieve it. This can rightfully be called a UFO crash,...

Michiana residents outside on Wednesday evening, October 29th may have witnessed a bright streak going across the sky. While there have been reports out of Colorado of a huge fireball in the sky last evening, we have also had some eyewitnesses to what were probably meteors here in Michiana. We are no...

Satellites helping aid workers in Honduras Humanitarian aid workers responding to devastating flooding in Honduras have received assistance from space, with satellite images of affected areas provided rapidly following activation of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters....

A tree that has been called a "living fossil" is helping researchers understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to future global warming. Symphonia globulifera is a tropical tree with a history going back 45 million years in Africa, said Chri...

A Memorandum of Understanding is to be signed today, 30 October 2008, between UNESCO and the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The IAU will be integrally involved in the process of developing UNESCO's Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative, helping to promote astronomical sites of &qu...