1737-34 NOVA SCORPII 2005
A Nova in Scorpius was discovered yesterday, July 25, at magnitude 9.
The nova was discovered Independently by the ASAS-3 survey (Grzegorz Pojmanski, Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory) and Hideo Nishimura, Kakegawa, Shizuoka-ken, Japan.
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A loud explosive sound heard across the city of Pune, India, around 12.40 pm on Monday caused buildings to shake and glass panes to rattle and even break. Several Alarmed citizens called up the local police stations and the fire brigade to find out the cause of the sound.
Sources in the defen...
A new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows that a galaxy once thought to be rather plain and old is actually endowed with a gorgeous set of young spiral arms.
The unusual galaxy, called NGC 4625, is a remarkable find because it is relatively nearby. Until now, astronomers had t...
Title: The Hypervelocity Star SDSS J090745.0+024507 is a Short-Period Variable
Authors: Cesar I. Fuentes, K. Z. Stanek, B. Scott Gaudi, Brian A. McLeod,
Slavko B. Bogdanov, Joel D. Hartman, Ryan C. Hickox, Matthew J. Holman
Researchers have taken high-precision photo...
Title: Highly stable evolution of Earth's future orbit despite chaotic behaviour of the Solar System Author: Richard E. Zeebe Due to the chaotic nature of the Solar System, the question of its dynamic long-term stability can only be answered in a statistical sense, e.g. based on numerical ensembl...
Panasonic will soon unveil a wireless telephone complete with an infrared and USB port for connecting to PCs.
"This way, not only tones and tunes can be transferred. The telephone will also be able to store Outlook addresses and appointments and more" - Mike Bolatzky, at a recent Panaso...
Saturn is approaching "superior conjunction".
It will be almost directly behind the Sun and hidden from the Earth on the 25th July. The Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn, will not be able to send or receive transmissions normally. Regular science data collection has been tempo...
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Iran's first communication satellite is expected to be launched before March 2006, the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
"The communication satellite is expected to be launched within the current Iranian calendar year (which is to end on March 20, 2006)" - Hassan Shaf...
According to the Cascade Meteorite Lab at Portland State University, a fireball was seen streaking across the sky at 2:17 p.m in Oregon, USA.
The fireball was seen in Portland / Medford.
Mike O'Grady was concentrating on his second shot at the Rogue Valley Country Club golf course Tuesday when h...
Microsoft today silently released the Beta build 613 update to their Anti-Spyware application.
The main improvements are that the software expiration has been extended to December 31, 2005, users who dock their start bar on the sides of their screen will now be able to read messages gene...
Typhoon Haitang has been gradually building up strength in the northwest Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometres from the Mariana Islands. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite at 04:10 UTC on July 14, 2005.
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