Super Cyclonic Storm Sidr is forecast to make landfall in India in about 24 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 60% probability for TS is 75% Bangladesh in about 24 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 60% probability for TS is 75% Kolkata (22.5 N, 88.3 E) ...
A search for survivors is under way after a volcano erupted on a Red Sea island near Yemen. The western part of the tiny al-Tair island, used as a military base, collapsed following the eruption, Yemen's defence ministry said. Coastguards and a Canadian frigate are searching for nine Yemeni soldier...
An underground coal fire has been snuffed out in China after decades of burning. Nature News finds out what happened. This fire was in the Terak coalfield of Urumqi, in the Xinjiang region of China. It was the coal that was on fire and had been for at least 50 years. [url=http://www.nature.com/news/...
Heavy rainfall has caused severe problems in parts of northern Scotland. Fire crews were called out to pump water from houses and a number of roads were closed due to flooding. A man died in a car accident and police warned motorists to take extra care in the hazardous conditions. Between 25mm and 30mm...
For centuries people in Scotland have talked about a monster lurking in Loch Ness, called "Nessy." It turns out, just a few hours away from Bangor there is talk of a similar creature named "Ponik." Natives of the Canadian border town of Pohenegamook first reported seeing a hug...
Typhoon Hagibis is forecast to make landfall in Vietnam in about 30 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% probability for TS is 75% in about 18 hours 09:59 UT 22 November 2007
Malaysias second astronaut Mejar Dr Faiz Khaleed was injured in the left hand after he and a friend were attacked by two men in front of his house in Taman Mawar, Ampang, here early today. He is in stable condition at the Gleneagles Medical Centre here. [url=http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NS...
Title: CU Virginis - The First Stellar Pulsar
Authors: Barry J. Kellett (1), Vito Graffagnino (1), Robert Bingham (1 and 2), Tom W. B. Muxlow (3), Alastair G. Gunn (3) ((1)Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,(2)University of Strathclyde,(3)Jodrell Bank Observatory)
CU Virg...
The entire community of Haviland is gearing up for its first ever Meteorite Festival, "Ab Astra: From the Stars," July 7-8 on the Barclay College campus.
Games, clowns, live entertainment, food booths, stories, tours, vendors, a parade, a medallion hunt, helicopter rides, a 1,430-p...
Norwegian Troll Station in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Latitude: 72°00.12'S Longitude: 002°32.03'E Webcam Expand (82kb, 560 x 420) Expand (62kb, 560 x 420)
SRON astronomer Floris van der Tak is the first to have observed acidic particulate clouds outside of our own Milky Way galaxy. He did this by focusing the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, located on Hawaii, on two nearby Milky Way galaxies. Astronomers think that acidification inhibits the formati...
Title: Magnetogenesis from Cosmic String Loops Authors: Diana Battefeld, Thorsten Battefeld, Daniel H. Wesley, Mark Wyman (Version v2) Large-scale coherent magnetic fields are observed in galaxies and clusters, but their ultimate origin remains a mystery. We reconsider the prospects for pr...
The apparently asteroidal object 2007 VA85 has the shortest known orbital period (7.6 yr) for a orbiting object with a retrograde orbit (i = 132.6 deg). 2007 VA85 was discovered by the LINEAR project. IAUC 8894 (Authorisat...
While the world watched with excitement the famous Leonid Meteor Shower a piece of meteor was found in a farm on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
Reports of a piece of meteor like thing in a farm in the Shilaj area today morning invited curious people. Forensic Laboratory Officials visited the site and to...
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