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Asteroid named after China's Father of Stem Cells A ceremony was held on Monday to officially announce the naming of Wu Zuze Asteroid, currently numbered 207809, which was discovered by a Chinese researcher at Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) on October 9, 2007. Read...

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The Andhara stony meteorite fell in Bihar district, India on the 2nd December, 1880. Read more

Orbital elements: 2012 XA133 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0171 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 6.50525 (2000.0) P Q n 0.63111902 Peri. 77.15270 +0.54656720 +0.83580944 a 1.3460521 Node 226.10374 -0.79351150 +0.49713956 e 0.7078131 Incl. 4.12505 -0.26758887 +0.23296960 P 1.56 H 2...

Whaling talks focus on 'too commercial' Arctic claims The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has opened with the focus on hunting by indigenous groups mainly in the Arctic. The five-yearly quotas awarded to Inuit and other peoples are due for renewal, with Greenland ask...

Orbital elements: 2015 WG9 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0313 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 33.39657 (2000.0) P Q n 0.33472706 Peri. 90.10950 +0.71087189 +0.50678965 a 2.0543551 Node 239.45950 -0.60799902 +0.79136337 e 0.6950729 Incl. 34.48746 +0.35355105 +0.34191850 P 2.94 H 20...

81% illuminated Moon over Aberdeen.

ATel 8345: ASAS-SN Discovery of A Probable Supernova in 2MASX J21291986-2305268

18 panel photomosaic captured with a 8" f5 reflector and vesta pro webcam.

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NASA Scientists Find Evidence of Water in Meteorite, Reviving Debate Over Life on Mars A team of scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has found evidence of past water movement throughout a Martian meteorite, reviving debate i...

Crater Petavius taken with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Baader contrast filter, IR-cut filter. 2X Barlow lens Petavius is a large lunar impact crater located to the southeast of the Mare Fecunditatis, near the southeastern lun...

Lidl stores in the UK will be selling 8x60 Bresser Binoculars From Monday 17th June, 2013. * BK-7 ( borosilicate glass) prisms (Slightly cheaper than BK4) * Fully coated lenses * Field Of View (Mt): 96/1000, Angle of View: 5.9 degrees. * Large central focus wheel * 8x magnification * Objective (...

NGC 7123 (PGC 67466, ESO 75-27) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy of type Sa located 170 milion light-years away in the constellation of Indus. The galaxy has an angular extent of 3.0' x 1.4'. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refl...

A spider that dines almost exclusively on plants has been described by scientists. It is the first-known predominantly vegetarian spider; all of the other known 40,000 spider species are thought to be mainly carnivorous. Bagheera kiplingi, which is found in Central America and Mexico, bucks the...