The 4 - 8 metre wide asteroid 2015 RW35 made a close pass (2.1 LD, 0.0055 AU) travelling at 6.46 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th September 2015 @ 04:36 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 37 - 82 metre wide asteroid 2015 RV35 made a close pass (40.6 LD, 0.1044 AU) travelling at 12.13 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th September 2015 @ 00:42 UT ±00:07. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 71 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2015 RO36 made a close pass (21.1 LD, 0.0542 AU) travelling at 15.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th September 2015 @ 14:35 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 52 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2015 RH36 made a close pass (42.6 LD, 0.1095 AU) travelling at 7.28 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th September 2015 @ 12:07 UT ±00:33. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Title: Subaru optical observations of the two middle-aged pulsars PSR B0656+14 and GemingaAuthors: Yuri A. Shibanov (1), Sergei V. Zharikov (2), Viktoria N. Komarova (3), Nobuyuki Kawai (4), Yuji Urata (5), Alexey B. Koptsevich (1), Vladimir V. Sokolov (3), Shinpei Shib...
Title: Absolute stellar parameters of KIC 09246715 -- a double-giant eclipsing system with a solar-like oscillator Author: Krzysztof G. Helminiak, Nobuharu Ukita, Eiji Kambe, Maciej Konacki We present our results of a combined analysis of radial velocity and light curves of a double-lined spe...
Title: SN 2011fu: A type IIb Supernova with a luminous double-peaked light curve Author: A. Morales-Garoffolo, N. Elias-Rosa, M. Bersten, A. Jerkstrand, S. Taubenberger, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, R. Kotak, A. Pastorello, F. Bufano, R. M. Domínguez, M. Ergon, M. Fraser, X. Gao, E. García, D. A. H...
Search engine Google (google.com) announced on Friday it plans to work with NASA on a variety of research and development activities relating to supercomputing and nanotechnology.
The two organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding that details plans for cooperation in a vari...
Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, filmed by 20th Century Fox Television, and broadcast on CBS. The show ran for three seasons, with 82 episodes airing between September 15, 1965, and March 6, 1968. Original run: September 15, 1965 - March 6, 1968 Read...
10-year-old boy likely to be youngest supernova discoverer A 10-year-old amateur astronomer in east China has possibly discovered a new supernova, and may be the youngest person in the country to make such a discovery. On Saturday, Liao Jiaming, a primary school student from Hefei, capital of Anh...
The 29 - 65 metre wide asteroid 2013 RO5 will make a close pass (25.5 LD, 0.0655 AU) travelling at 8.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th September 2015 @ 15:35 UT ±01:43. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Launch of Ekspress-AM8 on Russian Proton-M Rocket A Russian Proton-M rocket has launched tonight from Baikonur carrying the Ekspress-AM8 payload. Liftoff occurred at 19:00 UTC with separation of the payload expected tomorrow morni...
There are only two active volcanoes on Australian territory: "Big Ben" on Heard Island in the depths of the Southern Ocean, and Mawson Peak on nearby McDonald Island, whose eruptions doubled the island's size in the final two decades of the last century. In the past 40,000 years there had...