* Astronomy

ESA's gamma-ray observatory, Integral, has spotted a rare kind of gamma-ray outburst. The vast explosion of energy allowed astronomers to pinpoint a possible black hole in our Galaxy. The outburst was discovered on 17 September 2006 by staff at the Integral Science Data Centre (ISDC), Versoix...

China has confirmed that it is to build the world's biggest single ear on the universe. The 500-metre wide radio telescope dish is expected to make thousands of discoveries of fast-spinning "lighthouses" in the universe called pulsars. [url=http://skymania.blogspot.com/2006/11/china...

Title: TeV J2032+4130: a not-so-dark Accelerator? Authors: Yousaf M. Butt, Jorge A. Combi, Jeremy Drake, John P. Finley, Alexander Konopelko, Matthew Lister, Jerome Rodriguez The HEGRA gamma-ray source TeV J2032+4130 is considered the prototypical 'dark accelerator...

Archaeologists to Excavate the 14000 Years Old Persian Gulf Island Archaeologists of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department of Bushehr province are about to start their excavations to identify historic sites of the southern Iranian Island of Khark, located in the Persian Gulf....

Die Riesensternschnuppe vom Donnerstag Viele SWR3-Hörer haben die Riesensternschnuppe am Donnerstag beobachtet: im Raum Stuttgart, über der Alb bis nach Ulm und die Schweiz. Walter Werner vom Centralen Erforschungsnetz außergewöhnlicher Himmelskörper (CENAP) erhielt von der W...

Title: Discovery of a High Proper Motion L Dwarf Binary: 2MASS J15200224-4422419AB Authors: Adam J. Burgasser (MIT), Dagny L. Looper (UH), J. Davy Kirkpatrick (Caltech/IPAC), Michael C. Liu (UH) We report the discovery of the wide L1.5+L4.5 binary 2MASS J15200224-44224...

A Type Ia, magnitude 15.8 supernova, 2006oq, was discovered on the 17th November, 2006, by the Catalina Sky Survey near the elliptical galaxy NGC 3841 in the constellation Leo. It is located 29" east and 19" north of the centre of the galaxy. [...

Archaeologists working in northern Peru have discovered a spectacular tomb complex about 1,000 years old. The complex contains at least 20 tombs, and dates from the pre-Inca Sican era. The Sican culture flourished from approximately AD 800-1300, one of several metalworking societies whic...

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The planet Venus is almost the same size as Earth, so it has been called Earth's twin. It's only about 30 percent closer to the sun than Earth, and at the dawn of the space age, scientists thought its clou...

Leo - 1016+24 VAR LEO 06 A new variable star has been found by the Catalina Sky Survey in the constellation Leo. "Approximate V magnitudes derived from the Catalina images: Oct. 28.503-28.523 UT (four images), 13.9; Nov. 17.533-17.537, 14.4. There is an object at V around 21 at thi...

rbital elements: 2006 WZ2 Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5 MPC M 359.25991 (2000.0) P Q n 0.04686800 Peri. 110.27311 -0.38480948 -0.92279345 a 7.6187737 Node 2.60998 +0.60546112 -0.26818237 e 0.7929662 Incl. 25.12804 +0.69666240 -0.27664141 P 21.03 H 16.1 G 0.15 U...

Russia is to launch the Spektr-UF ultraviolet observatory, also known as the World Space Observatory, into a highly elliptical orbit in 2010 under the 2006-2015 federal space program. The spacecraft's optical telescope will feature a 1.7-meter main mirror as well as high- and low-resolution sp...

According to a spokesman for Russia's Space Forces, a medium-class Soyuz-U carrier rocket has put the Kosmos-2423 satellite into orbit after being launched from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan at 13:39 GMT, Thursday, 14th September. [url=http://www.gazeta.ru/lenta.shtml?516...

Reading University's ruling council has voted to approve the closure of its physics department in 2010. Read more