SpaceX to launch Bulgaria's first communication satellite with used rocket U.S. space firm SpaceX was expected to launch Bulgaria's first geostationary communication satellite with a partly used rocket in mid-June, the satellite's operator said Friday. The U.S.-built, Bulgarian-owned sat...
NGC 2300 (also Arp 114, UGC 3798, MCG 14-4-31 and PGC 21231) is a magnitude +11.0 elliptical galaxy located 84.1 million light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Visually It gives the impression of looking like a globular cluster The galaxy is gravitational interacting with the neighbour...
Watch out for the Pi Cetids meteor shower. The ZHR is only 4; But the meteors are very fast (Velocity=66.8km/s) and has a radiant in the constellation Cetus. Radiant (2000): RA=1.6h/24° Dec=-11.7° Solar longitude=95.0° The parent body is speculated to be Comet C/1874 G1(Winnecke).
The stone was erected to create a landmark as a testament to young people's energy, industry and co-operation to mark the Millennium. Erected on 26 June 1999 using the muscle power of 1000 young people, this project was awarded a Millennium Commission grant of £225,850. [url=http://www.downdc.g...
Kari Ansari recalls getting ready to celebrate one of the most important religious holidays of the year--the end of the month long Ramadan fast.
She and her husband bought new clothes and gifts for their three children and planned a special family meal. But there was one obstacle to starting the...
Title: Can spicules be detected at disc centre in broad-band Ca II H filter imaging data ? Authors: C. Beck, R. Rezaei, K.G. Puschmann We estimate the formation height range contributing to broad-band and narrow-band filter imaging data in Ca II H to investigate whether spicules can be detected in s...
Arthur Leroy Bloom (September 2, 1928 - May 31, 2017) Geomorphologist Arthur Bloom dies at 88 Arthur L. Bloom, professor emeritus in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, who 26 years ago wrote what is considered the last comprehensive textbook on geomorphology, died May 31 at Cayuga M...
Orbital elements: 2010 NY65 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0168 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 (M-c) MPC M 94.55198 (2000.0) P Q n 1.03003880 Peri. 248.33206 -0.90632120 -0.37836352 a 0.9710323 Node 269.02649 +0.42252324 -0.81923009 e 0.3454915 Incl. 10.84991 -0.00748346 -0.43093283 P 0.96 H 21...
India launches 31 satellites in single space mission India Friday launched 31 satellites, including an earth observation satellite, in a single space mission from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota. State-owned Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) most trusted rocket, Polar Sate...
Ancient tools found in Britain show that humans lived in northern Europe 200,000 years earlier than previously thought, at a time when the climate was warm enough for lions, elephants and saber tooth tigers to also roam what is now England.
Scientists said that 32 black flint artefacts, found i...
UCL's first satellite 'UCLSat' launched UCLSat, a satellite designed and built by UCL engineers and scientists, has been launched today from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India as part of an international mission called QB50. Originally conceived by the European Space Agency's Dr Ruedeger R...