The False Comet is a group of two star clusters next to a string of brighter stars in the tail of the constellation Scorpius. The collection spans some 2 degrees of sky and looks like a small comet with a curved tail pointing northward into the Milky Way. [url=http://www.oneminuteastronomer.com/OM...
Hurricane Hanna is forecast to make landfall in the Bahamas probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently probability for TS is 100% currently San Salvador (24.0 N, 74.5 W) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 27 hours probability for TS is 70% in about 27...
Galactic hitchhikers visiting our solar system, if they exist, would probably love to get their hands on a new guide that puts GPS to shame. A planetary scientist has made the most detailed maps of our local planets, moons and asteroids yet by combining hundreds of spacecraft images to chart all the n...
A mythological hero of the Trojan Wara man the poet Virgil called the single most just man among the Trojans and the best preserver of fairnessnow has a place in the cosmos, roughly the size of Grand Rapids, thanks to Calvin students and faculty. In late August 2008, a rare asteroid discovered at Calvi...
Excavations at Kfar HaHoresh, in northern Palestine, led by Prof. Nigel Goring-Morris of Hebrew University's Institute of Archaeology, have revealed a prehistoric funerary precinct dating back to 6,750-8,500 BC. This funerary has grave goods including phallic figurines and sea shells from...
India is surging ahead literally out of this world as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) begins work on a wholly indigenous effort to build a space shuttle that will carry Indians into the space like US space shuttle, Columbia. India is planning to launch a reusable spacecraft for the first t...
Hurricane Gustav is forecast to make landfall in Haiti probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% probability for TS is 75% The Dominican Republic probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% currently probability for TS is 85% currently Port-au-Prince (18.4 N, 72.3 W) ...
The island was said to be the home of Odysseus, whose 10-year journey back from the Trojan War is chronicled in Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.
Most people think the modern-day Ionian island of Ithaki is the location.
But geologists are this week sinking a test borehole on nearby Kefalonia in an at...
1 The Story of Numerals (0 and 1) Indian Numerals or Arabic?Click to Play | View Details2 The Story of Numerals (0 and 1) Indian Numerals or Arabic?Click to Play | View Details
Foucault tester Click to Play | View Details A Foucault tester is a device to examine the quality of telescope mirrors . Though they can be build with simple tools and materials , these devices are pretty accurate .
The National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), an autonomous society under Department of Space (DOS) has been converted into a full-fledged Government organisation called National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) from today (September 1, 2008). [url=http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Sep01_20...
A magnitude 15.7 supernova, 2008fd, was discovered by CHASE on the 27th August 2008, in the galaxy ESO 466-G24 in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The supernova is located 16".4 west and 14".4 north of the centre of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 21h58m09s.22, Dec. = -27°23'17...
Diversity among the ancestors of such marine creatures as clams, sand dollars and lobsters showed only a modest rise beginning 144 million years ago with no clear trend afterwards, according to an international team of researchers. This contradicts previous work showing dramatic increases beg...
Title: Pulsations of the Low Mass ZZ Ceti Star HS 1824+6000 Authors: Justin D. R. Steinfadt, Lars Bildsten, Eran O. Ofek, Shri R. Kulkarni Measuring g-mode pulsations of isolated white dwarfs can reveal their interior properties to high precision. With a spectroscopic mass of ~0.51 solar masses (...
