* Astronomy

The Andura (H6) meteorite fell in Maharashtra, India, on the 9th August, 1939. A total mass of 17.9 kg was recovered. 20° 53'N, 76° 52'E

The Shikarpur (L6) meteorite fell in Bihar, India, on the 9th August, 1921. A total mass of 3.68 kg was recovered. 25° 51' 0"N, 87° 34' 39"E

**Solar Storm Forecast August 5, 2013**

Solar Storm Forecast August 5, 2013

The Unending Sky I could not sleep for thinking of the sky, The unending sky, with all its million suns Which turn their planets everlastingly In nothing, where the fire-haired comet runs. If I could sail that nothing, I should cross Silence and emptiness with dark stars passing, Then, in the darkne...

Total solar eclipse 9th August 975 AD[url=http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SENL/SENL200308.pdf]So...

Two very different gas clouds in the galaxy next door ESO's Very Large Telescope has captured an intriguing star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud - one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies. This sharp image reveals two distinctive glowing clouds of gas: red-hued NGC 2014, and its blue...

Astronomers Image Lowest-mass Exoplanet Around a Sun-like Star Using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, an international team of astronomers has imaged a giant planet around the bright star GJ 504. Several times the mass of Jupiter and similar in size, the new world, dubbed GJ 504b...

The Nio (Spherules) meteorites fell north of Yamaguchi city, Japan, on the 8th August, 1897. Read more

The Repeev Khutor (Iron) meteorite fell in Astrakhanskaya oblast', Russia, on the 8th August, 1933. A total mass of 7 kg was recovered. 48° 36'N, 45° 40'E

The Sioux County (Eucrite-mmict) meteorite fell in Nebraska, USA, on the 8th August, 1933. A total mass of 4.1 kg was recovered. 42° 35'N, 103° 40'W

The Pillistfer (EL3) meteorite fell in Estonia, on the 8th August, 1863. A total mass of 23.25 kg was recovered. 58° 40'N, 25° 44'

Orbital elements: 2013 PJ10 Earth MOID = 0.0027 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 310.96305 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67452053 Peri. 319.67572 +0.04286481 +0.99398024 a 1.2876740 Node 312.52388 -0.87781802 -0.01072004 e 0.2465779 Incl. 7.86311 -0.47707246 +0.10903378 P 1.46 H 24.6...

Asteroid 2009 CP5 = 9C0EC15 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 CP5 Earth MOID = 0.0570 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 242.94634 (2000.0) P Q n 0.72582872 Peri. 268.50138 -0.50465024 +0.85590906 a 1.2262526 Node 330.32115 -0.67330049 -0.47205041 e 0.3153354 Incl. 13.18111 -0.54036...

INSAT 3D to boost weather forecasting accuracy 05 January 2010 India is expected to launch the INSAT 3D satellite later this year to boost its weather forecasting accuracy, Shailesh Naik, Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said here Tuesday. [url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsport...

August 07, 1869 Charles Augustinus Young and William Harkness (US) independently discover a new bright (emission) line in the spectrum of the Sun's corona, never before observed on earth; they ascribe it to a new element and it is named coronium. In 1941, this green line is identified by Bength Edlé...