Israel is to launch the Tech Saar advanced surveillance satellite using an Indian satellite launcher rather than the Israeli “Shavit” launcher. This will be the first time that Israel has not used their own launcher to launch an operational spy satellite. The new radar satellite is manufactured b...
It didn't take a rocket scientist to solve the mystery of what plunged through the roof of a Bayonne home this week, although some had wondered if the debris had fallen from a spacecraft. The mystery metal was launched from a commercial woodchipper, Jim Peters, Federal Aviation Administration spok...
Title: HE 0557-4840 - Ultra-Metal-Poor and Carbon-Rich Authors: John E. Norris, N. Christlieb, A. J. Korn, K. Eriksson, M. S. Bessell, Timothy C. Beers, L. Wisotzki, D. Reimers (Version v2) We report the discovery and high-resolution, high S/N, spectroscopic analysis of the ultra-metal-poor r...
A bright magnitude 15.6 type 1a supernova, 2007ft, was discovered on the 15th July 2007 by the TAROT collaboration in the spiral galaxy NGC 4677 in the constellation Centaurus. The supernova is located 73" east and 21" south of the centre of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 12h47...
A bright magnitude 15.3 type 1a supernova, 2007fs, was discovered on the 15th July 2007 by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search in the spiral galaxy ESO 601-G5. The supernova is located 2".5 west and 12".4 north of the centre of the galaxy. z = 0.017192 Position(2000): R.A. = 22h01...
Title: The Merger in Abell 576: A Line of Sight Bullet Cluster? Authors: Renato A. Dupke, Nestor Mirabal, Joel N. Bregman, August E. Evrard Using a combination of Chandra and XMM observations, we confirmed the presence of a significant velocity gradient along the NE/E-W/SW direction in the intrac...
Title: eta Chameleontis: abnormal initial mass function or dynamical evolution? Authors: E. Moraux, W. Lawson, C. Clarke Eta Chamaeleontis is a unique young (~9 Myr) association with 18 systems concentrated in a radius of ~35 arcmin, i.e. 1pc at the cluster distance of 97pc. No other members have...
Scientists are using the pine-forested slopes of Pico de Orizaba, a Mexican volcano, as a test bed to see if trees could grow on a heated-up Mars, part of a vision of making the chilly and barren red planet habitable for humans one day. Planetary scientists at NASA and Mexican universities believe if...
Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre has developed a system of mid-air retrieval (MAR) for first-stage boosters involving a parafoil with lift devices and a helicopter. The Khrunichev MAR system would be for a 10,000kg first-stage booster fitted with a parafoil at lea...
Title: Isheyevo Meteorite: Genetic link between CH and CB chondrites? Authors: Ivanova, M.A. and Kononkova, N.N. and Franchi, I.A. and Verchovsky, A.B. and Korochantseva, E.V. and Trieloff, M. and Krot, A.N. and Brandstätter, F. (2006) Isheyevo Meteorite: Genetic link between CH and CB chon...
SceneCON is an annual meeting of underground computer artists who are members of the famous demo scene. With SceneCON, the organisers aim to follow the two decade old tradition of demo scene parties in Hungary. Yet, with a bit of a twist. This years party was held from the 16th until the 17th of June, 20...
A Delta II Stage 2 Rocket Body, International designation 2007 004F, (30585), that was launched on the 17th February 2007, from LC17 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for the THEMIS mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 15th July 2007 @ 05:29 GMT ± 168 Hours. Predicte...
Typhoon Man-yi is forecast to strike land in Okinawa (26.3 N, 127.8 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 72 hours probability for TS is 55% in about 72 hours
