Tropical Storm 01B is forecast to strike land: Myanmar probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 36 hours probability for TS is 65% in about 36 hours Bangladesh probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 36 hours probability for TS is 60% in about 36 hours
As the country celebrates the 150th anniversary of the First War of Independence, there exists a monument on the Capital's Northern Ridge that is special not only because it was associated with the historic revolt but also because of its astronomical significance. Built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, the...
Look up , look way up. That is exactly what a special camera near Collingwood is doing every night, all year long. The camera is part of the All Sky Camera Network and is part of the largest meteorite detection system in Eastern Canada and th...
One of the smallest schools in the country's biggest model rocket contest isn't nervous one bit. Actually, Mulberry Grove High School has been here before. For the second year in a row, the rural school of 146 qualified for this week's Aerospace Industries Association Team America Rocketry Challe...
Kunming Base of the United Laboratory of Optical Astronomy Chinese Academy of Sciences Expand (135kb, 800 x 600) Latitude: 25.027005°N, Longitude: 102.790780°E
By taking advantage of newly-established astronomical equipment, researchers with the CAS Purple Mountain Observatory discovered a near-earth objective (NEO) on 10 April, making the total of similar findings to 19 within the past two months. The 18th magnitude minor planet was located in the c...
Margaret Huss grew up around meteorites, so marrying Glenn Huss was a good fit. Margaret Huss and her husband operated the American Meteorite Laboratory in Westminster for three decades before she died April 14. She was 82. The laboratory was originally in Arizona, where Margaret Huss' father, H....
There is a city that never sleeps. The sky is perpetually filled with the chatter of a million electronic devices as they deftly weave their way across the airwaves. It is a place where the traffic lights talk to each other, bus stops keep tabs on the services for which their passengers are waiting and e...
A meteor lit up the night sky across eastern Idaho yesterday evening. Residents from Pocatello to Driggs say they saw the bright flashes around nine PM. Read more
Canada's latest cosmic rock has been tagged by University of Calgary researchers, bumping up the country's meteorite count to 72. But University of Calgary geologist Dr. Alan Hildebrand figures it'd be light years before his Prairie Meteorite Search uncovers all the galactic deposits litteri...
Sierra Stars Observatory will be available to the public Galaxies far, far away will become closer to Tahoe - and the rest of the world - once a private observatory in Markleeville begins operations next month. Unlike almost all telescopes of its calibre, the Sierra Stars Observatory will be availa...
The Temple of the Fox lay covered by dirt and sand for 4,000 years in the barren hills of Buena Vista, Peru, before it was unearthed in June 2004 by Robert Benfer, professor emeritus of anthropology at Missouri University.
In the 10 metre high Andean temple, Benfer’s team found the earliest known...
The father of Indian astronomy and the architect of the giant metrewave radio telescope (GMRT), Govind Swarup, has recently been honoured with the Grote Reber Medal, 2007 for lifetime, innovative achievement in radio astronomy. The Australia Telescope National Facility, which conferred the a...
The first named storm of the year formed on Wednesday off the southeastern U.S. coast, more than three weeks before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. Subtropical Storm Andrea had top s...
