Theory of Moon's origin questioned Chemical samples that show the Earth and the lunar surface are virtually identical challenge theories about how the Moon was born. Plus Mercury's unusual internal dynamics raise fresh questions, and an Australian submarine reaches lowest point on Earth.Podc...
Heavy snow covers parts of the UK Heavy snow is falling across large parts of the UK, causing disruption on roads, and prompting warnings of worse to come. See more
The company collecting royalties to "Happy Birthday To You" does not hold a valid copyright to the song The company collecting royalties to "Happy Birthday To You" does not hold a valid copyright to the song, a US federal judge has ruled. Warner/Chappell acquired the copyrig...
The 25 - 56 metre wide asteroid 2015 SP2 made a close pass (15.0 LD, 0.0385 AU) travelling at 11.38 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th September 2015 @ 03:26 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The coelacanths, which are related to lungfishes and tetrapods, were believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period. More closely related to tetrapods than even the ray-finned fish, coelacanths were considered the "missing link" between the fish and the tetrapo...
Launch Postponement of H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 5 with H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI5" (HTV5) Onboard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to postpone the launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 5 with the H-II Transfer Vehic...
Meteorite may reveal solar system's birth The little meteorite, known as Ivuna, has been transferred to the museum from a private collection in the US. It fell in Tanzania in 1938. [url=http://www.tel...
This inscription dated 'Regnal Year 16, month 3 of Akhet, day 15' of Akhenaten's reign was discovered in 2012 in a limestone quarry at Dayr Abu Hinnis, just north of Dayr al-Barsh, north of Amarna. The inscription mentions the presence of the "Great Royal Wife, His Beloved, Mistress of the Two...
Hassled The term `hassled` can be use to describe a galaxy that is close to another perhaps larger galaxy, or galaxies, and is being gravitationally affected by them; A hassled galaxy...
Do Cosmic Strings of Gas Come From Sonic Booms? The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed that clouds between stars contain networks of tangled gaseous filaments. Intriguingly, each filament is approximately the same width, hinting that they may result from interstellar sonic booms through...
Barnard 168 is a dark molecular cloud located about 500-light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The lighter haze is the Cocoon Nebula is directly connected to the dark cloud. The dark cloud has a mass of about 2,500 solar masses. The catalogue name of the dark cloud comes from the astronomer Ed...
Today is the autumnal equinox, the first day of autumn in the northern hemisphere.
The sun has crossed the celestial equator, and day and night are of equal length.
The 22 - 50 metre wide asteroid 2015 SU will make a close pass (14.8 LD, 0.0380 AU) travelling at 8.93 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd September 2015 @ 09:44 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
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