Two workers at the Kennedy Space Center are alive thanks to their safety equipment according to NASA.
The workers fell from a platform inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. That's where space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for its next mission.
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A magnitude 15.2 supernova, 2006mr, was discovered on the 5th November, 2006, by Berto Monard in the lenticular galaxy NGC 1316 (also known as Fornax A) in the constellation Fornax.
The supernova is located 14" east and 0".3 north of the nucleus of the galaxy.
Position(2000): R.A. = 03h22...
China launched two space probe satellites on a single rocket at 7:34 am local time on 24 October, 2006. The two satellites which constitute Group-02 of Shijian-6 satellites will replace two others who have reached the end of their lifetimes. These satellites are used for performing a number of spac...
Monica Grady, a professor of planetary and space science at the Open University in the UK, is one of the world’s meteorite experts. In addition to studying the finer details of these rocks from space that fall to Earth -- such as learning the geochemistry of meteorites originating from Mars -- she is a...
Title: Supernova 2002ic: the collapse of a stripped-envelope, massive star in a dense medium ?
Authors: S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, M. Turatto, S. Taubenberger, A. Harutyunyan, S. Valenti
We revisit the case of SN2002ic that recently revived the debate about the progenito...
The Springfield Museum of Art will look skyward for us and unveil the biggest exhibit in its history with "Aerospace Design: The Art of Engineering From NASA's Aeronautical Research."
Opening next weekend, the US national touring exhibit, stocked with 70 artefacts used in the develo...
Two upcoming events will let the University of North Texas show off its new astronomy facility.
The Rafes Urban Astronomy Centre will host an open house at sunset tonight, allowing the public its first look inside the facility at 3250 Tom Cole Road, just west of Denton Municipal Airport.
On Wedn...
A magnitude 15.8 supernova, 2006lv, was discovered on the 28th, October 2006 ny Grzegorz Duszanowicz in the galaxy UGC 6517
Position(2000) R.A. = 11h32m03.30, Decl. = +36°42'03".6
The supernova is located 10" east and 12" north of the centre.
As yet the type is unknown.
Last year, archaeologists started their excavations in the historic Ecbatana (Hegmataneh) hill in Iran's Hamedan province, looking for evidence of Median civilization which is believed to have populated this area sometime between 728 BC and 550 BC. Instead, excavations in the lower layers of t...
Jayanta Acharya, 31, is a young guru of astronomy in Kathmandu’s Balmiki College. He’s also committed to taking the science to ordinary citizens.
The college is Nepal’s only centre for the ancient sciences. Two shastras (ancient knowledge) are taught there: Falit Jyotish (pure astrology) and...
Yahoo! Maps beta has released 1-meter/pixel resolution colour satellite photos for the entire continental US.
The imagery is of more consistent data, instead of the patchwork of varying colour and resolutions used in Google Maps/Earth, and Windows Live Local.
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Title: Decrease in the orbital period of dwarf nova OY CarinaeAuthors: J. G. Greenhill, K. M. Hill, S. Dieters, K. Fienberg, M. Howlett, A. Meijers, A. Munro, C. Senkbeil
Researchers have measured the orbital light curve of dwarf nova OY Carinae on 8 separate occasio...
