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A pair of giant filaments on the face of the sun have formed what appears to be an enormous arrow pointing to the right. Read more

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Orbital elements: P/2015 F1 (PANSTARRS) T 2015 Jan. 24.73302 TT MPCW q 2.5594876 (2000.0) P Q n 0.10404404 Peri. 173.11944 -0.83024079 +0.55649784 a 4.4770427 Node 40.74754 -0.51370164 -0.74176591 e 0.4283084 Incl. 2.79130 -0.21635817 -0.37429066 P 9.47 From 53 observations 2015 Ma...

914 Palisana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa. Read more EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2015 04 30 000000 16 50 53.2 -35 25 09 1.282 2.164 141.6 16.8 11.9 2015 05 01 000000 16 50 24.7 -35 15 49 1.273 2.162 142.7 16.4 11.8 2...

The 50 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 JZ1 will make a close pass (17.3 LD, 0.0444 AU) travelling at 17.42 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th May 2015 @ 06:41 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 35 - 78 metre wide asteroid 2015 KM120 will make a close pass (17.8 LD, 0.0457 AU) travelling at 8.12 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th May 2015 @ 14:37 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2011 KE3 Earth MOID = 0.1292 AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC M 37.15864 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49571568 Peri. 29.18766 -0.16465946 +0.97934320 a 1.5811787 Node 231.58521 -0.93153026 -0.19351883 e 0.2859821 Incl. 8.61461 -0.32425089 +0.05862905 P 1.99 H 23.7 G 0....

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The 450 - 1000 metre wide asteroid 2015 KQ154 made a close pass (64.5 LD, 0.1657 AU) travelling at 16.78 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th May 2015 @ 03:08 UT ±00:03. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Title: The Globular Cluster Kinematics and Galaxy Dark Matter Content of NGC 3923 Authors: Mark A. Norris, Karl Gebhardt, Ray M. Sharples, Favio Raul Faifer, Terry Bridges, Duncan A. Forbes, Juan C. Forte, Stephen E. Zepf, Michael A. Beasley, David A. Hanes, Robert Proctor, Sheila J. Kannappan Th...

Hubble Video Shows Shock Collision Inside Black Hole Jet When you're blasting though space at more than 98 percent of the speed of light, you may need driver's insurance. Astronomers have discovered for the first time a rear-end collision between two high-speed knots of ejected matter from a super...

Orbital elements: 2014 WZ120 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0295 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 349.85564 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29200575 Peri. 245.10233 -0.58790534 -0.74037244 a 2.2501344 Node 244.90910 +0.80891383 -0.54059543 e 0.6448167 Incl. 21.09198 -0.00507177 -0.39950624 P 3.38...

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Ariane 5's second launch of 2015 An Ariane 5 lifted off last night from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits. The launch of flight VA223 occurred on 27 May at 21:16 GMT (23:16 CEST, 18:16 local time). Read more

Ethiopian fossils indicate new forerunner of humans In an April 29, 2015 photo provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selasie conducts comparative analysis of "Australopithecus deyiremeda" in his laboratory at the Cleveland Museum of Natural Hist...