An image based on data taken with ESO's Very Large Telescope reveals a triplet of galaxies intertwined in a cosmic dance. Credit ESOPosition(2000): RA. = 22:02:03.13, Dec = -31:58:25.5 The three galaxies, catalogued as NGC 7173 (top), 7174 (bottom right) and 7176 (bottom left), are located 106 mi...
A Massey researcher studying modern day witches and pagans in the Mediterranean island republic of Malta says she has had to conceal the identities of those she interviewed to protect them.
Social anthropologist Dr Kathryn Rountree believes the people she interviewed for a book could risk lo...
There was pandemonium yesterday as a loud explosion emanating from a heavy metallike object rocked the city of Sokoto. The object fell from an unknown location and landed at Mana Village, Sokoto South Local Government Council, at about 10:00p.m. Wednesday night, in the compound of one Bello Moh...
An asteroid like object that was discovered by the LINEAR monitoring telescope on January 13, 2008 was identified as an comet with confirming observations. The preliminary orbital elements of comet P/2008 A1 (LINEAR) indicate a perihelion passage on June 12, 2008 at a distance of 1.3 AU f...
Excavations at the new St Anna hospital in San Fermo della Battaglia, near Como (Italy), in July 2007 revealed a double concentric ancient stone circle. The site is thought to date back to 3000 BCE. "[It is a ] highly articulated prehistoric structure that could be either an ancient astronomic...
The Cosmos 2105 satellite, that was launched on he 20th November, 1990, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, re-entered the Earths atmosphere on the 16th January @ 18:48 UTC ± 20 minutes over the southern pacific. Predicted Decay Location 59.5° S, 273.8° E Inclination 62.5° Revolution Number 12583
Theyre here - and theyve been spotted by dozens of folk across the Black Country in the past few weeks. Mysterious triangular unidentified flying objects with sinister flaming orange lights have been seen above Dudley, Halesowen and Lower Gornal in the last month. [url=http://www.expressands...
A UFO sighting has been reported by an Observer reader. Mason Woodhams described seeing a "green fireball track across the sky" at about 11.05pm last night (Tuesday). "The head of the fireball was white-yellowy-orange with a bright green fire trail. The whole thing lasted no more...
A city couple were left stunned when they spotted six mysterious lights hovering in the sky above their home. And Trish and Ken Fraser now want to shed some light on the unusual phenomenon and find out exactly what they were. They saw the unidentified flying objects on Sunday, January 6, above their ho...
Three Racine sophomore students were notified on Monday that a celestial body they discovered during a science project had been verified as an asteroid. The students at Racine's Prairie School will be able to name the asteroid, temporarily identified as "2008 AZ28," in about four year...
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday cancelled a speech at Rome's La Sapienza university in the face of protests led by scientists opposed to a high-profile visit by the head of the Catholic Church to a secular setting. Many scientists fault the intellectual, conservative and tradition-minded pope for a s...
There are stories of an meteorite impact seen and heard 75kms south of Altai, Hovd province, Mongolia, on 8th of January, 2008. A large bright object was seen to impact around 8:00 PM local time in the rural district. Seismic stations in the town of Ulaanbaatar registered a magnitude 1.6 quake.
Tropical Storm Funa is forecast to make landfall in Vanuatu within 8 hours. probability for CAT 1 or above is 50% probability for TS is 95% currently Tasmaori (14.9 S, 168.1 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 50% probability for TS is 90%
Title: Gemini Observations of Disks and Jets in Young Stellar Objects and in Active Galaxies Authors: Peter McGregor, Michael Dopita, Ralph Sutherland, Tracy Beck, Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann, We present first results from the Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) located at Gemini...
Millions of tiny ocean plants ring the Falkland Islands in this photo-like image taken by NASAs Terra satellite on January 13, 2008. The surface-dwelling plants (called phytoplankton) reflect light, colouring the ocean with whimsical swirls of blue and green. The bloom traces the course of the M...
