* Astronomy

Sunspots 10925, 10924 and the large Sunspot 10923

Grendel crater candidate in the North Sea. Expand (43kb, 802 x 529) Position: 58.16 N, 5.86E, 18 km diameter

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2006 “They screen even this soil, and we come upon our first real find: a meteorite! They find it by running a large magnet over the rocks and debris that doesn’t fall through the screen, with the hope of finding nails and other metal objects they can’t see - and up pops what looks t...

Hurricane Sergio has strengthened to a Category 2 storm off of Mexico on Wednesday.

A new research reactor to be used as neutron source will start operation from next year, Chinese scientists have told a workshop in Beijing. The China Advanced Research Reactor (CARR) was still being established and would b...

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Title: Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2006D: On Sporadic Carbon Signatures in Early Type Ia Supernova Spectra Authors: The Nearby Supernova Factory: R. C. Thomas, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, C. Baltay, E. Baron, A. Bauer, C. Buton, S. Bongard,...

There is something happening out in Lake Erie that even scientists and geologists cannot explain. It's been a record year for earthquakes around Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties. Since last November, 16 quakes have been recorded. To put it in perspective, that is eight times the number of quake...

The large Sunspot 10923 is in full view. A new Sunspot, 10924, is emerging from the Suns eastern limb.

Goats have roamed Snowdonia for 10,000 years; now they face secret cull Marksmen begin killing to halt damage to woods and gardens - and make way for sheep They are shaggy symbols of national independence and a well-loved feature of the landscape of north Wales, but up to a quarter of all the wild g...

Title: Cy 2201-3201: An Edge-on Spiral Gravitational Lens Authors: F.J. Castander (ICE/CSIC, IEEC), E. Treister (U Chile, Yale), J. Maza (U Chile), E. Gawiser (Yale) We present the CXOCY J220132.8-320144 system, which is composed of an edge-on spiral galaxy at z=0.32 len...

Title: The new nebula in LDN 1415 - A cry from the cradle of a low-luminosity source Authors: B. Stecklum (1), S. Y. Melnikov (1,2), H. Meusinger (1) ((1) TLS, Tautenburg, (2) Ulugh Beg Astronomical institute, Tashkent) A survey for candidate Herbig-Haro objects was perform...

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Archaeologists are determined to resume their excavations in part of the Burnt City historical site where remains of a possible temple from the 2nd millennium BC have been found. Remains of an architectural construction believe...

Museum officers have left no stone unturned to get a prehistoric rock back to its moorland home. The Heygate stone with its intricate carved cup and rings returns to Baildon Moor this weekend after a five-year absence to go on permanent public view at Brackenhall Countryside Centre. The stone, whic...