* Astronomy

Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, several hundred pieces of bone representing about 40% of the skeleton of an individual Australopithecus afarensis. The specimen was discovered on the 24th November, 1974, at Hadar in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. Read more [spoiler] [vid...

A volcano spewed ash and lava onto part of the ecologically delicate Galapagos Islands on Friday, threatening to kill vegetation and some animals on the island of Fernandina. The islands, of the coast of Ecuador, are considered one of the most important natural preserves in the world. "Evi...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 will launch the GPS IIF-12 mission for the U.S. Air Force on the 3rd February 2016. See more

Comet P/2014 U4 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (3.029 AU) on the 3rd February 2016

The name of the hypothesized protoplanet is derived from the mythical Greek goddess Theia, a Titan who gave birth to the Moon goddess Selene. According to the giant impact hypothesis, Theia formed along with the other planets of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago, and was approximately th...

China launches 21st Beidou navigation satellite A Long March-3C carrier rocket carrying the 21st satellite for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System lifts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2016. Read more

The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan Earthquake, the Portage Earthquake and the Good Friday Earthquake, was a megathrust earthquake that began at 5:36 P.M. AST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. Read more

Orbital elements: 2016 BQ15 Earth MOID = 0.0015 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 336.60338 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32546914 Peri. 87.81748 -0.73162666 +0.68160869 a 2.0931298 Node 135.15172 -0.63175062 -0.67158369 e 0.6964195 Incl. 0.93358 -0.25615151 -0.29049086 P 3.03 H 25.0 G...

Heard Island sits in the far southern Indian Ocean two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica, and is closer to Antarctica than any other major landmass. At the centre of the ice-covered island are the Big Ben massif, a large section of the Earth’s crust that has been pushed up into a dense, ro...

Orbital elements: 2015 AH PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0398 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 178.33534 (2000.0) P Q n 1.14112698 Peri. 70.55770 +0.80076710 +0.55083629 a 0.9069432 Node 255.35172 -0.59889691 +0.72993636 e 0.2403840 Incl. 14.07388 -0.00972342 +0.40468791 P 0.86 H 21...

Orbital elements: 2016 BD15 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0452 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 333.17209 (2000.0) P Q n 0.55749133 Peri. 203.40275 -0.77457556 -0.40649009 a 1.4621008 Node 303.32593 +0.63206394 -0.46965380 e 0.3090964 Incl. 35.44515 +0.02297560 -0.78370346 P 1.77...

Orbital elements: 2016 BZ14 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0194 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 346.67458 (2000.0) P Q n 0.20619763 Peri. 32.20429 -0.93113693 -0.09669946 a 2.8375723 Node 137.42138 +0.10748815 -0.99414280 e 0.6668328 Incl. 31.31069 +0.34846852 +0.04826299 P 4.78 H...

Orbital elements: 2016 BV14 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0053 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 15.70332 (2000.0) P Q n 0.27157401 Peri. 259.96066 +0.76973761 -0.63225435 a 2.3616231 Node 139.17917 +0.62567131 +0.71984595 e 0.7108744 Incl. 7.74386 +0.12664685 +0.28648952 P 3.63 H 2...

Orbital elements: 2016 BA15 Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 324.84928 (2000.0) P Q n 0.51452181 Peri. 96.06628 -0.84719994 +0.53073752 a 1.5424113 Node 115.99128 -0.49733760 -0.77647855 e 0.5506088 Incl. 1.52195 -0.18683568 -0.33970391 P 1.92 H 26.8 G...

Orbital elements: 2016 BY14 Earth MOID = 0.0007 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 6.54091 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22095786 Peri. 235.66811 +0.98187168 +0.00361022 a 2.7097532 Node 123.42057 +0.04909148 +0.96086022 e 0.9064217 Incl. 13.12382 -0.18307930 +0.27701011 P 4.46 H 23.8 G...