* Astronomy

Predators such as leopards and chimpanzees consistently target smaller-brained prey less capable of escape; research at the University of Liverpool has shown. They avoid more intelligent prey such as monkeys which have exceptionally large brains and are more capable of escaping attacks. ...

Geologist Arthur Hickman has had a crater named after him. He discovered the meteorite crater, now named Hickman Crater, near to the town of Newman in the Hamersley Ranges, Western Australia, while he was using Google earth. Dr Hickman notified his colleague Dr Andrew Glickson at the Australian Na...

Deep-sea treasure hunters said Friday they have recovered what could be a record haul of gold and silver coins from a colonial-era shipwreck -- but their failure to provide many details has set off a galleon-sized controversy over their claims. The hunters from Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc., a T...

White-light image of sunspot 12403 and the eastern limb captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam.

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44540744/mount-tazerzait-meteorite/

Comet C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to he Earth (1.226 AU) on the 20th October 2014 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2014 10 19 000000 02 38 06.3 +03 20 58 1.227 2.199 162.8 7.7 20.9 2014 10 20 000000 02 32 08.5 +02 56 31 1.227 2.203 164.7 6.9 20.9 2014 10 21 000000...

Comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington is at perihelion (1.358 AU) on the 1st July, 2010. Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2010 06 28 05 41.79 +22 01.2 2.346 1.358 10.4 7.8 11.8 2010 07 03 05 59.97 +21 28.1 2.342 1.358 11.0 8.2 11.8 2010 07 08 06 17.96 +20 47.4 2.339 1.359 11.7 8.7 11.8 2010 07...

The 37 - 82 metre wide asteroid 2007 WZ4 will make a close pass (54.9 LD, 0.1411 AU) travelling at 8.91 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st August 2015 @ 11:08 UT ±2 days 00:18. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 49 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 OQ79 will make a close pass (66.4 LD, 0.1707 AU) travelling at 9.28 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th August 2015 @ 07:55 UT ±03:25. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 49 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 QG made a close pass (10.9 LD, 0.0281 AU) travelling at 13.69 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th August 2015 @ 19:12 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Two panel white-light photomosaic of sunspots 12401 and 12403 (left) captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam.

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44539581/douar-mghila-meteorite/

The 150 - 330 metre wide asteroid 2015 PA229 will make a close pass (77.4 LD, 0.1989 AU) travelling at 9.91 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th August 2015 @ 08:25 UT ±00:46. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 made its closest approach to the Earth (2.489 AU) on the 24th February, 2011. 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, also known as Schwassmann-Wachmann 2, is a periodic comet in our solar system. It was discovered on January 17, 1929, at an apparent magnitude of 11. [url=ht...

Orbital elements: P/2012 H1 (PANSTARRS) Epoch 2011 Mar. 20.0 TT = JDT 2455640.5 T 2011 Mar. 19.27407 TT MPC q 3.4799270 (2000.0) P Q n 0.10679957 Peri. 25.85857 -0.88215338 -0.46136234 a 4.3996999 Node 126.34192 +0.40915923 -0.85024569 e 0.2090535 Incl. 6.74497 +0.23322552 -0.2534305...