Deep under the ocean's surface lies a treasure trove of new life forms, fuel sources and knowledge. But, given the darkness, freezing temperatures and crushing pressure, it's not easy to get there. Indeed 95 percent of the ocean remains unexplored; we know more about the surface of Mars than we do ab...
Hubble Captures Massive Dead Disk Galaxy that Challenges Theories of Galaxy Evolution Astronomers combined the power of a "natural lens" in space with the capability of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make a surprising discovery - the first example of a compact yet massive, fast-spinning, disk...
A local amateur astronomer and science writer is hoping to rejuvenate a stone circle in the shadows of Glasgow's Sighthill tower blocks. Duncan Lunan organised the construction of the circle more than 30 years ago to accurately mirror the rise and fall of the sun and moon over the city. It was claimed...
Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with openGL.
It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX.
With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope.
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Proba-V images Portuguese forest fire ESA's Proba-V minisatellite has captured the forest fire raging in central Portugal, revealing blackened scars and columns of smoke as well as pinpointing active fire hotspots. More than a thousand firefighters are tackling the forest fire in the Pedrógão...
Britain 'needs its own space agency' Britain could send astronauts to the "final frontier" as the gulf between the dizzy expectations of further space exploration and the limited progress made since the first moon landing 40 years ago were highlighted by the Apollo 11 reunion yesterda...
Title: Extraterrestrial sedimentary rocks on Earth Author: Yana Anfinogenova, John Anfinogenov, Larisa Budaeva, Dmitry Kuznetsov This concept article discusses the possibilities for identifying sedimentary-origin meteorites. The paper concerns (i) the macroscopic candidate for sedim...
Major Scientific Discovery on Extrasolar Planets.
NATURE, the scientific journal, will publish on the 26 January 2006, a major paper on a discovery addressing extra-solar planets.
The European Southern Observatory ESO contributed to this publication and has produced a Video Ne...
Title: Two Small Transiting Planets and a Third Body Orbiting HD 106315 Author: Ian J. M. Crossfield, David R. Ciardi, Howard Isaacson, Andrew W. Howard, Erik A. Petigura, Lauren M. Weiss, Benjamin J. Fulton, Evan Sinukoff, Joshua E. Schlieder, Dimitri Mawet, Garreth Ruane, Imke de Pater, Kather...
Yulin dog meat festival begins despite rumours of ban A controversial dog meat festival has begun in the Chinese city of Yulin, despite earlier reports it had been cancelled or toned down this year. The Lychee and Dog Meat festival takes place annually in Guangxi province. Earlier this year, US camp...
Ewen A. Whitaker is a British-born astronomer who specialised in Lunar studies. He worked on several NASA missions, and was successful in locating the landing site of the Surveyor 3. (This was used to determine the landing site for the Apollo 12 mission.) He has been considered by some to be the world...
Planetary scientists are all set to turn "noise" from the data obtained by NASA/ESA LISA satellites' mission into useful information about the mass of near-Earth asteroids. LISA is on a mission to detect gravitational waves - a warping of the space/time continuum that scientists hope...
'New frontier' of Antarctic lake exploration When a Russian drilling team reached Antarctica's Lake Vostok last week, they were able to claim a world first. No one had previously penetrated one of the continent's sub-glacial lakes, prompting Valery Lukin from the Arctic and Antarctic Research...
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