* Astronomy

Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 - 25 June 2015) was an English-American actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the series The Avengers. Read more

Can Planets Be Rejuvenated Around Dead Stars? How might a planet reclaim the essence of its youth? Years ago, astronomers predicted that some massive, Jupiter-like planets might accumulate mass from their dying stars. As stars like our sun age, they puff up into red giants and then gradually lose a...

Airbus to build giant satellite network European aerospace giant, Airbus, has been contracted to build the world's largest satellite constellation. The company will produce 900 spacecraft for OneWeb, a British Channel Islands-registered concern that aims to broaden internet access to the un...

Raging storms sweep away galactic gas ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory has detected raging winds of molecular gas streaming away from galaxies. Suspected for years, these outflows may have the power to strip galaxies of gas and halt star formation in its tracks. The winds that Herschel...

The astrophysicists of the international H.E.S.S. collaboration report the discovery of fast variability in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays from the giant elliptical galaxy M 87. The detection of these gamma-ray photons - with energies more than a million million times the energy of visible...

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The 130 - 280 metre wide asteroid 2015 KR154 will make a close pass (61.1 LD, 0.1570 AU) travelling at 11.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th June 2015 @ 20:37 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Title: The Physics of Bodily Tides in Terrestrial Planets, and the Appropriate Scales of Dynamical Evolution Authors: Michael Efroimsky, Valery lainey Any model of tides is based on a specific hypothesis of how lagging depends on the tidal-flexure frequency. For example, Gerstenkorn (1955), M...

Outburst of comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann. The comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has brightened up again reaching magnitude 11.0 V. on September 21, 2008. The brightening was observed by Juan Antonio. [url=http://...

Title: The mass of the Mars-sized exoplanet Kepler-138 b from transit timing Author: Daniel Jontof-Hutter, Jason F. Rowe, Jack J. Lissauer, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Eric B. Ford Extrasolar planets that pass in front of their host star (transit) cause a temporary decrease in the apparent brightness of...

The Bolivian government and a Chinese corporation on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding on helping Bolivia launch communications satellite "Tupac Katari." The agreement was signed by Executive Director of the Bolivian Space Agency Willy Herbas and Yin Liming, presiden...

The Northern Lights (almost) guaranteed It might be -35C, but your best chance is on an arctic research station in Canada, says Martin Symington Read more

Popular Sydney rock formation 'could collapse at anytime' A photogenic rock formation south of Sydney could collapse without warning, according to authorities. Wedding Cake Rock is a popular tourist attraction that was recently closed to the public. Read more

Typhoon Kujira wreaks havoc in South China city Read more

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