* Astronomy

Scientists at the Shetland Islands have recreated a pig that has been extinct for about 200 years. The grice, a pig variety living at the Shetland Islands having the size of a large dog and carrying tusks, was recreated by a taxidermist after meticulous investigative work. [url=http://www....

Judge crater candidate in Long Island Sound, Expand (38kb, 802 x 529) Position 41.17N, 72.405W Size 1 km

The Sunspot 10923 is nearing the Sun's western limb.

A ring is an endless circle of life. In the film "The Lord of the Rings," it symbolised power. Sometimes, it is a sign of wealth, love, religious belief or magic. Rings have been widely used symbols in human history, identifying the wearer’s place and status in social settings. [url=http...

Title: Discovery of a nearby twin of SN1987A's nebula around the luminous blue variable HD168625: Was Sk--69 202 an LBV? Authors: Nathan Smith Spitzer images of the luminous blue variable (LBV) candidate HD168625 reveal the existence of a bipolar nebula several times larg...

Rock structure puzzles historians An out-of-place pile of rocks above Kannah Creek is no natural phenomenon, but that’s well short of saying exactly what it is. The pile, actually a structure of skilfully laid native stone, appears to have been constructed as a platform of sorts, said Da...

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I was playing around with your 3D orbit and I found that on November 22, 2097 Temple-Tuttle will be only 35,903,520km from earth! :smile:

Spotlight: The heavens in your hand -- Outdoor planetarium opens in upper Bidwell Park The speaker will encourage his guests to lean back, get comfy and look for a galaxy far, far away. But they'll only have to look as close as their fingertips. Chico's new Shoemaker Open Sky Planetarium will b...

The U.S. Air Force is developing an Orbital Test Vehicle, based on the design of a NASA X-37 technology demonstrator, to continue full-scale development and on-orbit testing of an unmanned long-duration, reusable space vehicle. The new OTV effort takes advantage of industry and government inve...

Quetzalcoatl crater candidate in the Caribbean. Expand (31kb, 802 x 529) Position: Latitude: 22.04070 N, Longitude: 96.32417W Size 10 km

A Boeing Delta 2 rocket in a 7925 launch configuration will launch the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block 2R military navigation satellite, GPS 2R-16 (M3) from SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 19:21-19:34 GMT, 15th November.

Geologist George Davis will discuss meteorite impacts that occurred across Missouri some 340 million years ago during the Rock Bridge High School Planetarium’s annual Astronomy Day tomorrow. The impacts, which occurred during the Mississippian Era, might have been a part of the break-up of a...

Hundreds of onlookers gasped when the brightest flare this side of the sun shot from a booster motor anchored to the ground across a small valley. Several seconds later, a continuous roar enveloped the spectators. It was the first nighttime test by ATK Launch Systems of one of its immense solid roc...