Until recently, little was known about the histories and cultures of Chinese Taipei's Austronesian aborigines and, in particular, about their relationships with the island's ancient inhabitants.
Discovery of the Peinan site in southeastern Taiwan, and the associated artefacts unearth...
The Russian missile forces chief said that the military had decided to keep its heaviest intercontinental ballistic missiles in service for another decade.
Colonel-General Nikolai Solovtsov said that a decision to extend the service lifetime of the RS-20V missiles.
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Do these strange artefacts challenge modern palaeontology?
There are explorers who believe in the possibility that some dinosaurs somehow survived extinction 60 million years ago and continue to live in isolated, largely unexplored areas of African rain forest. The only evidence for their e...
Possible third Jellinge stone found
Archaeologists believe they have found a new Viking-era stone engraved with ancient Danish Rune writing
Archaeologists from Vejle Museum think they may have found a third 'Jellinge stone' - a large rock with carved runes and considered the first e...
Plans to launch a second "SuitSat" spacesuit-turned-satellite were the subject of discussions and presentations at the recent AMSAT Space Symposium and Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Delegates' meeting near San Francisco. Despite a weaker-than-ant...
A magnitude 15.3 supernova, 2006my, was discovered on the 8th November, 2006, by Koichi Itagaki in the 11.2 magnitude spiral galaxy NGC 4651 (Arp 189) in the constellation Coma Berenices.
The supe...
Microsoft on Thursday released an updated version of Windows Defender Beta 2 , the company's anti-spyware and malware application that will be integrated into Windows Vista. The release fixes bugs in signature updating, polishes the user interface and improves the software's SpyNet re...
Astronomers at Valdosta State University are studying a rock they believe could be a meteorite.
The rock was brought in by two Valdosta residents who say they saw a blue light and the rock fall out of the sky, almost hitting their car.
Professor Martha Leake says the rock is magnetic and has a ragge...
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL DELIVERS ADVANCED WILDBLUE-1 BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE TO LAUNCH BASE
Built for WildBlue Communications, All Ka-Band Satellite Will Provide Additional Capacity for Broadband Internet Access to Rural America
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the world's le...
NGC 6745 (also known as UGC 11391) is an irregular galaxy about 206 million light-years (63.5 parsecs) away in the constellation Lyra. It is actually a pair of galaxies in the process of colliding.
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Titan was discovered on the 1st of January 1999 and is the biggest natural shaft in the UK, standing at 141.5m (464ft). The choke through which it was found is a major feature of Peak Cavern's Far Sump Extension and has been known about since 1981 when Far Sump was first passed. Various divers investiga...
Title: Determination of the basic parameters of the dwarf nova EY Cygni
Authors: J. Echevarria (1), R. Michel (1), R. Costero (1), S. Zharikov (1) ((1), Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico)
High-dispersion spectroscopy of EY Cyg obta...
