* Astronomy

Nigeria yesterday recorded a landmark in its quest for air transport safety when an ultra modern weather meteorological observatory built by Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) was launched at the "Touch Down Zone" of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. [url=http...

Oxford engineers aim to build 1930s invention that uses no electricity. Electrical engineers at Oxford University are trying to develop an eco-friendly refrigerator that runs without electricity, and they are looking back to an early invention by Albert Einstein to do it. The team have recently...

Davis Halls observatory offers much to students interested in celestial objects beyond campus. The observatorys staff assists visitors in finding all types of outer space interests from nebulas and galaxies to constellations and planets. The dome-like area includes a 14-inch reflector teles...

Strange, dazzling lights flying slowly through the night sky have been reported near Wrexham, sparking a new UFO scare. Read more

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Title: SDSSJ092712.65+294344.0: a candidate massive black hole binary Authors: M. Dotti, C. Montuori, R. Decarli, M. Volonteri, M. Colpi, F. Haardt In this Letter we explore the hypothesis that the quasar SDSSJ092712.65+294344.0 is hosting a massive black hole binary embedded in a circum-bin...

A 650-million-year-old underwater reef found in southern Australia could solve the mysteries of planet's climate change history, according to scientists. The researchers of University of Melbourne researchers have discovered the reef, located in South Australias Flinders Ranges. [url=ht...

A team of scientists including researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology at UCL (University College London) and the IBM Almaden Research Centre has forged a breakthrough in understanding an intriguing phenomenon in fundamental physics: the Kondo effect. The findings are reported...

The MAPHEUS satellite aboard a 1 Nike-Orion rocket is to be launched in October/November 2008 from the Esrange Space Centre, Sweden.

Two astronauts visited Keighleys own space centre last Friday as part of a drive to encourage more students to study subjects such as maths and science. Michael Fossum and Dr Karen Nyberg who are both American had just returned from a mission to the International Space Station. They were given a quic...

The two biggest storms in the solar system are about to go bump in the night, in plain view of backyard telescopes. Storm #1 is the Great Red Spot, twice as wide as Earth itself, with winds blowing 350 mph. The behemoth has been spinning around [url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?for...

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South Africa's first space and aeronautical technologies school could be built in the Western Cape. News of the project emerged at last week's second SA International Aerospace Symposium held at Spier in Stellenbosch. This year's theme was Advancing Africa through Partnerships in Aerospace. [...

Planetary scientists are using the Hubble Space Telescope to scout out sites for potential human bases on the Moon. They hope to identify a mineral called ilmenite - or iron titanium oxide - which has...

Leroy Chiao - 1st Chinese-American astronaut Leroy Chiao is the first Chinese-American astronaut to walk in space. He's been paying a lot of attention to China's space program. Read more