NASA Research Gives Guideline for Future Alien Life Search Astronomers searching the atmospheres of alien worlds for gases that might be produced by life can't rely on the detection of just one type, such as oxygen, ozone, or methane, because in some cases these gases can be produced non-biologica...
The 120 - 280 metre wide asteroid 2014 QO33 made a close pass (55.3 lunar distances, 0.1421 AU), travelling at 5.49 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th September 2014 @ 01:01 UT ±00:12. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
New Crew Launches to the ISS Spoiler NASA Television covered the launch of the Expedition 40/41 crew launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 29, Kazakh time. Soyuz Comma...
2nd UK SETI Research Network Meeting, London, UK This meeting will be held at Birkbeck College in London on September 11 and 12th 2014. www.seti.ac.uk/uksrn2014_meet.html
NGC 108 (also MCG 5-2-12, UGC 246 and PGC 1619) is a magnitude +12.1 barred spiral galaxy located 218 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, B...
NGC 315 (also MCG 5-3-31, UGC 597 and PGC 3455) is a magnitude +11.2 elliptical galaxy located 227 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berksh...
NGC 604 (also IRAS 01317+3031) is a magnitude +12.0 H II region located 2.7 million light-years away inside the Triangulum Galaxy (M33) in the constellation Triangulum. The emission nebula was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum re...
IC 4660 (also MCG 12-13-23, UGC 10848 and PGC 60124) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 57 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Minor. The galaxy was discovered by Welsh amateur astronomer Isaac Roberts using a 40.6 cm (20 inch) (100 inch focal length) Howard Grubb silver-on g...
NGC 6667 (also NGC 6668, NGC 6678, IRAS 18308+6756, MCG 11-22-53, UGC 11269 and PGC 61972) is a magnitude +12.7 barred spiral galaxy located 119 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark...
NGC 7315 (also MCG 6-49-37, UGC 12097 and PGC 69241) is a magnitude +13.9 elliptical galaxy located 290 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on th...
NGC 7342 (also MCG 6-49-54, UGC 12126 and PGC 69374) is a magnitude +13.9 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 371 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observ...
NGC 7345 (also IRAS 22364+3514, MCG 6-49-64, UGC 12130 and PGC 69401) is a magnitude +14.3 spiral galaxy located 430 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Obse...