* Astronomy

A 156g Millbillillie meteorite, fallen in October 1960 in Western Australia. It is an eucrite meteorite type which is quite rare (only 3% of all meteorite falls). Eucrites have a shiny to glassy fusion crust and grey-white interior. The red colour at the bottom of the specimen is typical for Millbil...

The Iguaracu (H5) meteorite fell in Parana, Brazil, in October, 1977. A total mass of 1.2 kg was recovered. 23° 12'S, 51° 50'W

The Gurram Konda (L6) meteorite fell in Andhra Pradesh, India, in October, 1814. A total mass of 28 g was recovered. 13° 47'N, 78° 34'E

The Gualeguaychú (H6) meteorite fell in Entre Rios, Argentina, in October, 1932. A total mass of 22 kg was recovered. 33° 0'S, 58° 37'W

Perak Journalists To Climb Rinjani Volcano, Lombok Next Month A group of journalists from Perak will embark on an expedition to climb the Rinjani Volcano on the island of Lombok, Indonesia from Nov 4-11 Read more

The Aarhus (H6) meteorite fell in Midtjylland, Denmark, on the 2nd October, 1951. A total mass of 720 g was recovered. 56° 11'N, 10° 14'E

The Pesyanoe (Aubrite) meteorite fell in Kurganskaya oblast', Russia, on the 2nd October, 1933. A total mass of 3.39 kg was recovered. 55° 30'N, 66° 5'E

The 370 - 820 metre wide asteroid 2002 OA22 will make a close pass (46.6 lunar distances, 0.1197 AU), travelling at 7.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st May, 2012 @ 15:41 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Dista...

The Battle of Largs was an engagement fought between the armies of Norway and Scotland near the present-day town of Largs in North Ayrshire on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland on 2 October 1263. It was the most important military engagement of the Scottish-Norwegian War. Read more

The Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos is looking for anyone who witnessed the solar eclipse that took place on October 2, 1959. The idea is that everyone gets together to share in that astronomical memory, which is on the verge of its 50th anniversary and during October, the Museum and the Canaries Astrop...

An eclipse of the Sun was recorded by Herodotus which was matched by John Russell Hind to an annular eclipse of the Sun at Sardis on February 17, 478 BC. Alternatively, a partial eclipse was visible from Persia on October 2, 480 BC Traditionally Xerxes expedition against Greece is dated to 480 BC. [9.1...

For many years geologists have harboured a belief that the Kamchatka Peninsula, shrouded in mystery and secrecy on Russia's east coast, actually sits on the same tectonic plate as the mainland United States, Canada and Mexico. The North America plate extends through Alaska across the Bering...

The Amber (L6) meteorite was recovered in Oklahoma, USA, on the 1st October, 1955. A total mass of 4.53 kg was recovered. 35° 10'N, 97° 53'W

Title: The high albedo of the hot Jupiter Kepler-7b Authors: Brice-Olivier Demory, Sara Seager, Nikku Madhusudhan, Hans Kjeldsen, Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Michael Gillon, Jason F. Rowe, William F. Welsh, Elisabeth R. Adams, Andrea Dupree, Don McCarthy, Craig Kulesa, William J. Boruc...

Siberian observatory tracks a 'near miss' as space object speeds close to Earth Russian scientists confirmed on Monday that a tracking station at Lake Baikal in Siberia spotted the 15-metre object, monitoring it for nine hours. It flew within 11,300 km of the Earth's surface - and initially observ...