Astronomers, using the unique capabilities offered by the high-resolution spectrograph UVES on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, have found a metal-rich hydrogen cloud in the distant universe. The result may help to solve the missing metal problem and provides insight on how galaxies form.
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A group of 50 scientists from Saudi Arabia, the United States, Switzerland and Egypt will spend nearly two weeks in the deserts of the Empty Quarter. The Empty Quarter — in Arabic, Ar-rub Al-Khali — is an area of some 560,000 square kilometres which accounts for more than a quarter of Saudi Ara...
Space Adventures, Ltd., an America-based space experiences company, together with a Singapore-based consortium, announced on Monday that it plans to develop an integrated spaceport in Singapore that will offer suborbital spaceflights, as well as operate astronaut training facilities and a...
A circle henge has been uncovered by archaeologists in Cornwall (England). The 5,000 year-old site was discovered during work on the A30 bypass at Goss Moor, between Indian Queens and Bodmin, and is the first of its kind found in the region. The 10-metre diameter site at Deep Tye Farm has excited arch...
Early this morning, Jupiter and the Moon are having a close encounter in the constellation Libra. Look southwards towards the near half moon. Venus is also visible in the East; all are bright enough to bee seen well into the late morning sky.
WookieChat 2.0 is now out
Versions are available for OS3.x and OS4.0 (in the same archive).
WookieChat allows you to connect to Internet Relay Chat networks (IRC) and chat with other users in a text medium in real-time. Some of the server groups are preconfigured to join an Amiga chat channel u...
There is a possible magnitude 9 nova in the constellation Sagittarius, at Position(2000): RA = 17:58.9 Dec = -36:48 J2000.
It was captured on three photos taken on Feb. 17.37UT
The preparatory work for this year's Asian Aerospace is going on at Singapore's Changi Exhibition Centre with an Airbus A380 double-decker jet, the world's biggest commercial airliner, arriving there at 6:45 a.m. (local time) on Saturday (2245 GMT Friday).
According to Channel NewsAsia re...
On the morning of February 17, 2006, Venus shines at magnitude -4.6, its greatest brilliancy for this year .
The second planet from the sun is currently more than 18 times as bright as the brightest star, Sirius the Dog Star.
The 2005 July Superoutburst of the Dwarf Nova 2QZ J021927.9-304545: the SU UMa Nature Confirmed
Authors: Akira Imada, Taichi Kato, L.A.G. Monard, Alon Retter, Alex Liu, Daisaku Nogami
Researchers report on time-resolved photometry of the 2005 July superoutburst of the dwarf nov...
Sea Launch is now preparing for the launch of the EchoStar X satellite in February. On this mission, Sea Launch will lift the 4333 kg communications satellite to a high perigee geosynchronous transfer orbit in February.
EchoStar X will join EchoStar's current fleet of nine satellites th...
Friends of the Bracewell Observatory Association have organised an effort to rescue the Bracewell Radio Astronomy Observatory from demolition at Stanford in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The telescope consi...
A NASA rocket bearing a payload built at Montana State University blasted 175 miles into space shortly before noon Wednesday, Feb. 8, above New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range.
The 1,000-pound payload, which includes an optical bench equipped with high-resolution cameras, took picture...
A magnitude 16.0 supernova, 2006ac, was discovered on the 9th February in the galaxy NGC 4619, by LOSS .
It is located 4E 22N of the nucleus.
Position(2000): RA = 12 41 44.86 Dec = +35 04 07.1
It has been identified as a type Ia
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