* Astronomy

An Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (ANDE) micro-satellite, Fence Calibration (FCAL) sphere that was launched on the 10th December, 2006, from the STS-116 Space Shuttle Discovery Car...

Given pride of place in an unassuming museum on the East Coast of America is a pair of 200-year-old duelling pistols shrouded in mystery. The intricately decorated guns were said to have been forged from the iron of a fallen meteorite. "We can say for sure they weren't made from meteoritic iron....

A fire at an air base arms depot in north-western Russia has reportedly set off several missiles, but caused no deaths or injuries. Amateur video shows what appear to be at least two rockets zigzagging through a clear afternoon sky around the Lodeynoe Pole base near St Petersburg. [url=http://news...

Neil Turok is named director of Canadas Perimeter Institute. Read more

A Russian Rokot/Briz-KM launch vehicle will put into orbit the Gonets-D1M 2, Gonets-D1M 3, Gonets-D1M 4 military satellites and the civilian Yubileyniy satellite today at 15:30 UT, from the Plesetsk space centre, in northwest Russia. The Yubileyniy satellite carries communication equipmen...

NASA has scheduled a media teleconference Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years. Read more

Nicholas Kaiser, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, was elected a fellow of the British Royal Society on May 16. Read more

A former Nasa astronaut is to receive an honorary Open University degree in Glasgow. It comes in recognition of her role in inspiring thousands of youngsters. Read more

Orbital elements: Comet T q e Peri. Node Incl. C CK08E050 2008 Mar. 6.81 0.0051 1.0 89.02 7.48 144.84 X CK08E060 2008 Mar. 16.22 0.0051 1.0 74.07 356.83 143.75 X MPEC 2008-K29

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The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Intel Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have named two newly discovered asteroids in honour of two Lebanese students. The asteroids, 23717-Dina Kaddoura 23331-Sana Zaidan, are named after Sana...

Starting with the natural events in our sky, May has the second of the two "really good" meteor showers of the year, with the best-coinciding Moon phase to look for meteors. The Moon is "new," or dark during the shower, which means there is no moonlight to compete with the streak...

Title: Gas and dust in the inner disk of the Herbig Ae star MWC 758 Authors: A. Isella, E. Tatulli, A. Natta, L. Testi In this Letter we investigate the origin of the near-infrared emission of the Herbig Ae star MWC 758 on sub-astronomical unit (AU) scales using spectrally dispersed low resolution (R=...

Astronomer Heather Couper, will present the BBC Radio 4 'Cosmic Quest' program starting on Monday, 26th May. The 15-minute program will broadcast at 3.45 pm, daily. A an omnibus edition of the programme will be aired at 9 pm every Friday.

Two of the best known crystal skulls - artefacts once thought to be the work of ancient American civilisations - are modern fakes, a scientific study shows. Read more