Lying underneath Saint Georgeous Church in Rihab, Mafraq, is what archaeologists describe as the first Christian church in the world. We have uncovered what we believe to be the first church in the world, dating from 33AD to 70AD - Archaeologist Abdul Qader Hussan, head of the Rihab Centre for Archa...
Undergraduates at the University of Leicester are on target to design, build and launch a student satellite on a real space mission. Yhey have taken delivery of the main body of the satellite donated by Loughborough-based engineering company Magna Parva. The project will result in the satellite g...
A Hobart astronomer is hoping to become the first person ever to observe a rare occultation of Venus. Looking intently skyward from the Southern Cross Observatory at Cambridge, Shevill Mathers will be watching as Venus disappears behind the sun about 11.48am today. [url=http://www.news.com.a...
Title: Inverse-Compton emission from the lobes of 3C 353 Authors: J.L. Goodger, M.J. Hardcastle, J.H. Croston, N.E. Kassim, R.A. Perley X-ray emission due to inverse-Compton scattering of microwave background photons by electrons in the lobes of powerful radio galaxies has now been seen in a la...
A new nuclear icebreaker will be built in Russia by 2015, the head of the state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Monday after signing an agreement with the leadership of the northern Murmansk Region. Responsibility for Russia's nuclear icebreaker fleet will be handed over to Rosatom from the Mu...
A new way of bending X-ray beams developed by MIT researchers could lead to greatly improved space telescopes, as well new tools for biology and for the manufacture of semiconductor chips. X-rays from space provide astronomers with important information about the most exotic events and objects i...
Black day of 1780 caused by distant wildfires, MU experts say At noon, it was black as night. It was May 19, 1780 and some people in New England thought judgment day was at hand. Accounts of that day, which became known as New Englands Dark Day, include mentions of midday meals by candlelight, night bird...
A magnitude 13.4, Type Ia supernova, 2008cq, was discovered on the 29th May, 2008, by Berto Monard, in an anonymous galaxy located in the constellation Centaurus. The supernova is located 9" west of the centre of the galaxy. Supernova 2008cq.kmz [url=http://adrive.com/public/72d38...
Milford Haven coastguard operation room received numerous calls about lights, flares and flashes in the sky at around midnight on Saturday night. After research into the conditions they concluded that these had been caused by heavy meteorite activity in the night sky. [url=http://www.west...
Title: Discovery of Two Nearby, Peculiar L Dwarfs from the 2MASS Proper Motion Survey: Young or Metal-Rich? Authors: Dagny L. Looper (1), J. Davy Kirkpatrick (2), Roc M. Cutri (2), Travis Barman (3), Adam J. Burgasser (4), Michael C. Cushing (1,5), Thomas Roellig (6), Mark R. McGovern (7),...
Title: Evolution of massive protostars: the IRAS 18151-1208 region Authors: M. Marseille (1 and 2), S. Bontemps (1 and 2), F. Herpin (1 and 2), F. F. S. van der Tak (3), C. R. Purcell (4) ((1) Université Bordeaux 1, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, (2) CNRS/INSU, France, (3) SRON Net...
Liverpools Albert Dock is hosting the premiere of a free outdoor astronomy exhibition of images from space by the Hubble telescope. From Earth to the Universe, sponsored by leading specialist picture agency the Science Photo Library, is on until June 29. [url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.c...
