A Molniya-M Stage 3 Rocket Body that was launched in October 1996 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, for the Molniya 3-48 mission, is predicted to re-enter the earths atmosphere on February 17th 2008 @ 23:33 GMT ± 48 Hours Period: 106.07 Incl: 63.81 Apogee: 1990 Perigee: 9...
Scientists Gear Up to Launch Ocean Observing Networks
[QUOTE]Oceanography is on the verge of a revolution. Instead of sporadic, expeditionary glimpses of the ocean from ships and subs, oceanographers would like to establish a permanent presence in the ocean. [/QUOTE]
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Title: A Far Ultraviolet Archival Study of Cataclysmic Variables: I. FUSE and HST/STIS Spectra of the Exposed White Dwarf in Dwarf Nova Systems Authors: P. Godon, E.M. Sion, P.E. Barrett, I. Hubeny, A.P. Linnell, P. Szkody We present a synthetic spectral analysis of Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopi...
The Open Handset Alliance, a group of more than 30 technology and mobile companies, is developing Android: the first complete, open, and free mobile platform. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cj9hn8V2PnU] Read more
There was a spectacular site in the skies above Battle on Monday night as a suspected meteorite shot over the town before appearing to explode. Hastings resident Mary Lincon was gazing at the constellations between 10.30-11pm when she saw a 'huge glow' in the night sky. [url=http://www.ryeandbat...
Title: SYMPA, a dedicated instrument for Jovian Seismology. II. Real performance and first results Authors: Patrick Gaulme, F.X. Schmider, Jean Gay, Cedric Jacob, Manuel Alvarez, Mauricio Reyes, Juan Antonio Belmonte, Eric Fossat, Francois Jeanneaux, Jean-Claude Valtier Context. Due to it...
Title: The Jupiter Twin HD 154345b Authors: J. T. Wright, G. W. Marcy, R. P. Butler, S. S. Vogt We announce the discovery of a twin of Jupiter orbiting the slightly metal-poor ([Fe/H] = -0.1) nearby (d = 18 pc) G8 dwarf HD 154345. This planet has a minimum mass of 0.95 Jupiter masses and a 9.2 year, circula...
ISS Video Stanchion Support Assembly (VSSA) Debris that was launched in August 2001 from the Kennedy Space Centre, for the STS 105 (ISS Flight 7A.1 ) mission, is predicted...
A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket in a 7420-10 vehicle configuration, will launch the Italian Ministry of Defence COSMO-SkyMed 2, radar Earth-imaging satellite, from the SLC-2W launchpad at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 02:31 GMT, 6th December 2007. The spacecraft...
A magnitude 14.9 supernova, 2007on, was discovered on the 5th November, 2007, by the TAROT collaboration, in the bright elliptical galaxy NGC 1404, in the Fornax constellation. The supernova is located 12" west and 68" north of centre of the galaxy....
A "strike compound bunker" built as a command centre to co-ordinate a defensive military operation against an invasion, which has never been used, is up for sale. The Uniter Building at Fort George near Ardersier on the outskirts of Inverness has been put on the market by the Defence Esta...
Title: Preliminary Orbit of the Young Binary Haro 1-14c Authors: G. H. Schaefer, M. Simon, L. Prato, T. Barman Using the Keck Interferometer, we spatially resolved the orbit of the pre-main sequence binary, Haro 1-14c, for the first time. We present these interferometric observations along with...
Title: Xenon in Mercury-Manganese Stars Authors: M. M. Dworetsky, J. L. Persaud, K. Patel Previous studies of elemental abundances in Mercury-Manganese (HgMn) stars have occasionally reported the presence of lines of the ionised rare noble gas Xe II, especially in a few of the hottest stars with...
NASA will send the Beatles song Across the Universe across the universe on Monday, the agency said. At precisely 7 p.m., E.S.T. the song will be beamed by the agencys Deep Space Network of antennas at the North Star, Polaris, which is 431 light years away. [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/...
People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering. A draft consultation suggests internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material via their accounts....