* Astronomy

Title: VADER - A Satellite Mission Concept For High Precision Dark Energy Studies Authors: Rene Fassbender, Jutta Stegmaier, Anne-Marie Weijmans, Stefan Koestner, Andreas Kruselburger, Cornelia Diethart, Peter Fertl, Elisabetta Valiante, Matthew Hayes, Peter Schuecke...

[url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&p=3&topicID=3594320&subForumID=163878...

A magnitude 16 (and rising) type II supernova, 2006dk, was discovered on the 25th June, 2006, by M. Migliardi from CROSS, in the spiral galaxy NGC 4161, in the constellation Ursa Major The supernova is located 6" east and 11" north of the nucleus of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 12h1...

A team of seismologists led by University Collage London’s Dr Frederik Simons (UCL Earth Sciences) and including scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Princeton University, has invented a submersible device that can detect earthquake waves in previously uncharted geog...

Title: The atypical emission-line star Hen3-209 Authors: Y. Naze, G. Rauw, D. Hutsemekers, E. Gosset, J. Manfroid (ULg, Belgium), P. Royer (KUL, Belgium) Researchers analyse observations, spanning 15 years, dedicated to the extreme emission-line object Hen3-209. The...

The launch of the 22nd Progress M-57 cargo ship is planned at 15:08 UTC (preliminary time) on June 24 from the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Progress delivering 2½ tons of equipment and supplies will dock with the International Space Station, two days later. Progress 22 to be used after...

Minotaur, the Orbital/Suborbital Program Space Launch Vehicle will launch the STP-R1 experimental satellite into space for the Air Force Research Laboratory from the SLC-8, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, US, at 02:25 GMT, September 23rd 2005. [img]http://img.photobuc...

This is perhaps the site of a devastating meteor impact in the Middle East. The catastrophic effect from which could explain the mystery of why so many early cultures went into sudden decline around 2300 BC. Today's crater lies on what would have been shallow sea 4,000 years ago, and any impact wo...

SUPERAntiSpyware is a thorough spyware scanner that is said to detect spyware that other products miss. SUPERAntiSpyware says it will remove ALL the Spyware. Features of SUPERAntiSpyware 3.2.1026 : Quick, Complete and Custom Scanning of Hard Drives, Removable Drives, Memory, Registr...

Sunspot 897 has emerged from the Suns eastern limb

Wendy Zeka was travelling near the Orr Transfer Station, Minnesota, US, at 11:35 p.m. Friday when she saw a green object as large as the moon sailing across the treetops parallel to her car. Zeka said the object emitted a tail of sparks before "disintegrating." Zeka doesn't know what the obj...

SCOTLAND: THE FINAL FRONTIER[url=http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17288026&...

On the evening of the 11th June a fireball, "Feuerkugel", was seen over northern Germany. It seems to have landed in the Sachsen-Anhalt region. "Wir sind sicher, daß es sich um einen Meteoriten handelte" - Torsten Poppe vom Institut für Geophysik und Extraterrestrische Physik der T...

Review - Starry Night Enthusiast v5.8 Product: Astronomy software Developer: Imaginova Minimum Requirements: Mac OS X v10.3, 450MHz G3, 128MB RAM, 1GB hard disk space, 32MB OpenGL capable graphics card, 1024x768 monitor resolution Retail Price: $79.95 Availability: Ou...

An underwater volcano has been discovered just off the shores of Sicily. The volcanic structure, which incorporates peaks previously thought to be separate volcanoes, was named Empedocles after the Greek philosopher who named the four classic elements of earth, air, fire and water. Legend...