A 70-meter asteroid passed 3.6 Lunar Distances from the Earth on the 23rd October, 2008. Earth MOID = .00743854 AU H = 23.623[url=http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/Asteroid2008TT26Animation.gi...
Jenny Jump astronomy program 'tours' modern solar system Centenary College Assistant Professor of Mathematics Robert Search will be speaking at two upcoming astronomy organization events about "Searching for Life on the Solar System." Both organisations approached the professo...
The work to reinforce Mount Soledad after the October 2007 landslide has provided a peek into La Jolla's watery past. Fossils of clams, snails and plants found at the slide site reveal this part of the mountain was a deep-sea canyon millions of years ago. "It was a little bit of a surprise, but we w...
Celebrate all things autumn at Duke Farms in Hillsborough Enjoy an autumn evening of special events at Duke Farms 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. Take time out with your family to enjoy the change of seasons and connect with nature on an after-dark walk through the varied habitats of Duke Farms. [u...
Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy has unveiled a new large optical telescope for use by students and the public. The Cardiff Half-metre Newise Telescope has enormous capability for carrying out astronomy, even through the bright night skies of Cardiff. [url=http://www.newsw...
A new mainbelt asteroid, K08SK9B, was discovered on the 6th October 2008 by Polish students Krzysztof Bedkowski and Jakub Zaborowski, from the XIII Secondary School in Szczecin. The students worked under the supervision of their physics and astronomy teacher, Tomasz Skorwron. The school is...
On 1st November, Borders bookshop in the retail park on the eastern perimeter of Inverness city and alongside the HQ of Highlands and Islands Enterprise will host a very strange event. The 2009 Highland Science Festival is launching there and then with two speed-of-light lectures in a potting shed...
UCL is establishing an Institute for Origins to explore the origin and evolution of the universe. The institute will shortly be recruiting four Research Fellows and two PhD students, funded with £700,000 from the universitys central fund. The move is in line with the Wakeham Review of Physics to en...
A metre wide asteroid, 2008 UM1, was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey on the 22nd October, 2008. The asteroid made a close flyby of the Earth on the 22nd October 2008. H = 32.1 Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU MPEC 2008-U40
A new stage in the early history of birds is published in the most recent issue of the journal Nature (online 22 October). The discovery of a bizarre feathered dinosaur, named Epidexipteryx hui, from the Middle to Late Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China that is probably flightless adds complexity to...
NASA Invites Reporters to Tests of Moon Tools in Hawaii Nov. 13 Media are invited to observe tests of NASA equipment and rover concepts that will demonstrate how astronauts might prospect for lunar resources and make their own oxygen for survival on the moon. The tests will take place Thursday, Nov....
A Kosmotras Dnepr rocket is ready to launch the 5-satellite RapidEye constellation from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on August 29, 2008, at 07:15 UT (08:15 BST). The commercial RapidEye remote sensing satellites will provide 6.5metre resolution imagery between latitudes ±75 degrees...
A sundial designed and built on campus and installed in front of Thwing Center on Euclid Avenue has kept time for 25 years. The original designs and photographs of its construction were presented recently as a gift from the creators of the Cleftlands Sundial to University Archives. [url=http://bl...
