An extremely rare star atlas from the 18th century that is among the first to show the planet Uranus is to be auctioned next week. The Atlas Celeste, prepared by the astronomer John Bevis, is one of only 23 known examples surviving today, and is considered to be a better specimen even than the one held by...
Using visible and infrared data collected from telescopes on Hawaii`s Mauna Kea, a team of scientists, led by the University of Maryland's Jessica Sunshine, have identified three asteroids that appear to be among our Solar System's oldest objects. Evidence indicates that these ancient asteroi...
A "dry fog" that muted the sun's rays in A.D. 536 and plunged half the world into a famine-inducing chill was triggered by the eruption of a supervolcano, a new study says. The cause of the sixth-century global dimming has long been a matter of debate, but a team of international researche...
DirecTV 11 Satellite The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port for the equatorial Pacific, in preparation for the launch of the DIRECTV 11 broadcast satellite, planned for Monday, March 17. Liftoff is expected at the opening of a 58-minute launch w...
A possible magnitude 13.5, Supernova was discovered on the 13th September, 2007, by Robert Evans (Australia) in the spiral galaxy NGC 5530 in the constellation Lupus. The supernova is Located 24" west and 25" north of the nucleus of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 14h18m25s.6, Dec....
STS-123 is to be the twenty-fifth Space Shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station and is planned for 14 February 2008. It is expected to use Space Shuttle Endeavour. It will deliver Japan's Kibo Logistics Module and Dextre, Canada's dual-armed robotic manipulator to the Interna...
Another fiery object was seen falling in the sky near Sudbury during the weekend. Susan Stone and her 13-year-old daughter, Taylor, spotted what they think was a fireball at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday. "My first thought was it was a meteorite or a plane going down. The colours were just amazing. I...
Riddle of the last crewman may be solved after 65 years The body was in a navy liferaft, arms outstretched over the sides, when it washed ashore on Christmas Island, a speck in the Indian Ocean 1,600 miles (2,575km) from Australia. It appeared that the corpse had been drifting in the seas for weeks. The...
The United States and Indonesia will collaborate to improve monitoring and early warning capacity of volcanic activity, in an area that is home to many people who are at risk from probable eruptions. United States Ambassador to Indonesia , Cameron R. Hume and the Head of the Ministry of Energy and M...
The circular topography of Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham is not a meteor impact crater, as Pembroke resident Stephen Dupuis publicly pondered in a Monitor article yesterday. It is the core of an ancient volcano, said State Geologist David Wunsch. He said the volcano was active in the Cretac...
Archaeologists have found two ancient brick-built structures at the Paharpur world heritage site in Bangladesh, which they believe belonged to a period even earlier than the site's known time, the Pala Era. The media stated that the brick-built structures were found under the foundation of the m...
According to a semi-official Chinese media report, China's domestically-developed "Xian H-8" stealth strategic bomber has successfully undergone flight trials. It is said that this bomber will carry a new type of cruise missile and will be capable of attacking North America, which...
It had seemed a romantic and highly original way to propose to the love of your life with a £6,000 diamond ring. Lefkos Hajji, 28, wanted to make his engagement one his girlfriend would never forget, only to have his dreams cruelly snatched from his grasp by a gust of wind. [url=http://www.telegraph....
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered ancient temple ruins that could predate the Inca empire. The temple on the periphery of the Sacsayhuaman fortress includes 11 rooms thought to have held mummies and idols. The discovery at the famous spot overlooking the Incan capital of Cuzco includes anci...
Envisat captures the break up of the massive A53A iceberg located just east of the South Georgia Island (visible at image bottom) in the southern Atlantic Ocean. A huge fissure was spotted running south to north through the berg on 1 March by C-CORE, the Canadian ice-tracking service, while studyin...
