Chinese and European scientists are cooperating via a hexahedral network of research satellites, to observe solar magnetic storms and ensuring manned space exploration.
At a China-European Union science and technology forum on Friday, the leading scientist of the Double Star Program[/...
This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, show the outlet channel of the Uzboi Vallis system into Crater Holden, in the region of Noachis Terra, centred at about 26º South and 325º East, on Mars.
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A magnitude 15.2 type Ia Supernova, 2007le, was discovered on the 13th September by Berto Monard in the magnitude 11.8 spiral galaxy NGC 7721 in the constellation Aquarius. The supernova is located 4" west and 17" south of the nucleus of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 23h38m48s.41,...
Two new comets have been discovered by A. R. Gibbs, using the 0.68 meter CCD Schmidt telescope of the Catalina Sky Survey. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2007 T4 (Gibbs), discovered on October 12, 2007, indicate a perihelion passage on August 11, 2007 at a distance of 2.2 AU from...
Two new comets have been discovered by A. R. Gibbs, using the 0.68 meter CCD Schmidt telescope of the Catalina Sky Survey. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2007 T4 (Gibbs), discovered on October 12, 2007, indicate a perihelion passage on August 11, 2007 at a distance of 2.2 AU from...
For more than 40 years, an asteroid believed to be potentially dangerous to Earth has been essentially lost to view. But no more. The so-called 6344 P-L was first spotted in 1960, and given the designation Potentially Hazardous Asteroid meaning that its orbit took it within .05 astronomical units (...
Scores of wildebeest washed up dead at a bend in Kenya's Mara River after some 10,000 of the animals drowned in a bizarre mishap there last week. The deaths, which occurred over the course of several days, are said to account for about one percent of the total species population. [url=http://news.na...
Title: The 26 year-long X-ray light curve and the X-ray spectrum of the BL Lac Object 1E 1207.9+3945 in its brightest state Authors: A. Maselli, P. Giommi, M. Perri, R. Nesci, A. Tramacere, F. Massaro, M. Capalbi We studied the temporal and spectral evolution of the synchrotron emission from the hig...
Second Life (finally) gets a direct competitor: Multiverse The brainchild of several ex-Netscape execs, the Mountain View start-up Multiverse, as the name suggests, isnt a single online world, but a platform for creating games and other 3D experiences with the companys development tools, whic...
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) staff association Saturday demanded a probe into the controversial land purchase by the organisation, saying its credibility was at stake. Addressing the annual meeting of the association here, general secretary D. Murugan said: 'Of late ISRO's cred...
The comet P/1990 V1 (Shoemaker-Levy), which was last observed in January 1991, was recovered by Rob H. McNaught on the night of the 12th October using the Siding Spring Survey. The comet was at magnitude 18. The orbital elements of the comet P/2007 T3 (Shoemaker-Levy) indicate a perihelion pas...
The iron pillar next to the Qutab Minar in Delhi has been the centre of attraction for metallurgists from all over the world. For nearly 1600 years, it has been standing undaunted under the open skies, during all type of weather conditions. In so many years, it has not rusted; this has been a matter of su...
China plans to carve a huge national park out of its vast northwest Xinjiang region that would eclipse Yellowstone National Park in size, state media said Saturday. The Kanas Geological Park, now about 385 square miles, would be expanded to about 10 times that size in the next few years by incorporat...
