"A false alarm created the problem" which led to the stopping of the full-duration cryogenic stage test soon after it began on January 19 at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) at Mahendragiri, near Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (...
A judge in Hilo has reversed a permit to build six new telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea -- a decision that could block future NASA projects on the mountain.
The revoked permit was for a $50 million project that NASA already had cancelled because of federal budget cuts. Circuit Judge Glenn Hara...
Bangladesh archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient temple in Rajshahi area. Expert view is that the temple is at least 1500 years old. It was built during pre-Pal period. The temple is situated close to Basu Behar, one of the most important archaeological sites in Bangladesh, and a...
Samples of rock and fragments of pyramid walls brought from Egypt are being examined at the AGH University of Science and Technology. It is very likely that meteorites had dropped near the pyramids. The material was collected during the December expedition of geologists. Another aim of the expedi...
Trans-Tasman rivalry over whether the Australian or New Zealand flags better represent the Southern Cross has been revived by astronomers who have inadvertently discovered a sixth star in the constellation. The New Zealand flag shows the Southern Cross with four stars, while the Australian fl...
Water supplies to more than 100,000 people in the Indian Ocean Comoros islands have been contaminated by the eruption of one of the world's largest active volcanoes.
Mount Karthala sent clouds of ash and sparks flying late on Thursday, leaving the capital Moroni and other villag...
A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred at 08:30:49 (UTC) on Saturday, December 30, 2006, in the Gulf of Aden region, about 240 km WNW of Qalansiyah, Socotra Island, Yemen, at a depth of 10 km.
Location 13.383°N, 51.378°E
Seasonal complaints that the nativity story is being subverted by a contemporary multicultural presentation of the events surrounding the alleged birth of the infant Jesus have become commonplace. Some Christians play down the essentially Jewish character of the entire story. But even mainst...
Russian space enthusiasts are kicking off a year of major anniversaries on Friday with ceremonies marking the centenary of the birth of Sergei Korolyov, the founder of the Soviet space program and quite possibly the man most responsible for sparking the “space race.”
September brings the 150...
Title: Chandra Observation of the Big Dipper X 1624-490
Authors: R. Iaria, G. Lavagetto, A. D'Ai', T. Di Salvo, N. R. Robba
We present the results of a 73 ks long Chandra observation of the dipping source X 1624-490. During the observation a complex dip lasting 4 hours is observ...
Title: Interstellar Medium Oxygen Abundances of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies in Centaurus A and Nearby Groups
Authors: Henry Lee (1,2), D. B. Zucker (3), E. K. Grebel (4) ((1) Gemini Observatory, (2) Univ. of Minnesota, (3) Institute of Astronomy, Univ. of Cambridge, (4) Astronom...
To their surprise, the plants, which have a one-metre-wide, blood-red, rotten-flesh stinking flower, belong to a family of plants bearing tiny blooms.
The Rafflesiaceae were tricky to place because of their unusual features, the team reports in the journal Science.
The botanists used DNA a...
Title: A MaxBCG Catalogue of 13,823 Galaxy Clusters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Authors: B.P. Koester, T.A. McKay, J. Annis, R. H. Wechsler, A. Evrard, L. Bleem, M. Becker, D. Johnston, E. Sheldon, R. Nichol, C. Miller, R. Scranton, N. Bahcall, J. Barentine, H. Brewington,...
