The 49 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2014 BE3 will make a close pass (31.9 lunar distances, 0.0819 AU), travelling at 10.25 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th January, 2014 @ 04:00 UT ±00:46. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
In India, Republic Day commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950. Read more
Tales about "Thunderbird" and "Whale" by native tribes along the U.S. West Coast, along with geological clues, point to at least two massive quakes and tsunamis that have hit the area in the last 1,100 years.
"Native people here were well aware that earthquakes happened and that is reflecte...
A partial eclipse of the sun will be visible from South Africa on Monday, 26 January 2009, the South African Astronomical Observatory said. The eclipse would start at 7am and end about 9.30am. At 8.15am the eclipse would be at its greatest. The best view of the partial eclipse would be from Cape Town,...
Charles Messier discovered Comet C/1760 B1 (Messier) on January 26. Comet C/1760 B1 (Messier), also known as Comet 1759 II Messier, was the second comet discovered in 1760 (the first being C/1760 A1, The Great Comet of 1760). It was serendipitously discovered by Charles Messier on January 26, 1760...
NGC 2596 (also IRAS 08245+1726, MCG 3-22-13, UGC 4419 and PGC 23714) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 273 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Po...
NGC 2593 (also UGC 4408, MCG 3-22-12, GWT 89.29 and PGC 23692) is a magnitude +13.9 lenticular galaxy located 290 million lightyears away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point...
NGC 2522 (also UGC 4218, MCG 3-21-14, GWT 88.31 and PGC 22749) is a magnitude +13.6 lenticular galaxy located 216 million lightyears away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered byGerman astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point...
NGC 2416 (also UGC 3925, MCG 2-20-2, GWT 58.8, IRAS07329 1143 and PGC 21358) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 235 million lightyears away in the constellation Canis Minor. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell...
The 6 - 13 metre wide asteroid 2014 BA3 will make a close pass (5.9 lunar distances, 0.0151 AU), travelling at 2.23 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th January, 2014 @ 02:13 UT ±00:07. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
Philip 'Phil' Harding, FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. Trained on excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966, he has been a professional archaeol...
Resuelven el misterio del brillo del cuásar gemelo Las variaciones en el brillo del cuásar Q0957+561, conocido como el "cuásar gemelo" debido a que su imagen llega duplicada a la Tierra, son intrínsecas al propio astro y no son causadas por efectos de la gravedad de posibles planetas o es...
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