* Astronomy

July 3. 1725. at Mixbury, a storm of thunder and lightning began about half an hour past 1 in the afternoon, and lasted with intermissions for an hour. About 2, W. Hall, aged above 60, was found dead in a hard gravelly field, with 5 sheep which lay round at about 30 yards distance; but that only which lay ne...

An ultrasensitive molybdenum-based image sensor An EPFL team has built a prototype image sensor based on the semiconducting properties of molybdenite (molybdenum disulfide, MoS2). It could one day result in cameras that are five times more light-sensitive than current technology. [url=http...

Proton-M/DM-03 rocket with 3x Glonass-M explodes and crashes into the ground.

Chergach is a meteorite found at southwest of El Mokhtar, Erg Chech, Timbuktu district, Mali. It fell on 2 or 3 July 2007, in daytime, and was composed of ordinary chondrite (H5). Read more

The Washougal (Howardite) meteorite fell in Washington, USA, on the 2nd July, 1939. A total mass of 225 g was recovered. 45° 35'N, 122° 21'W

The Qidong (L/LL5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Jiangsu, China, on the 2nd July, 1982. A total mass of 1275 g was recovered. 32° 5'N, 121° 30'E Qidong is a L/LL5-an chondrite meteorite fallen in 1982 in China. After detonation a single individual specimen was found in the field. Read more

The Magombedze (H3-5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, on the 2nd July, 1990. A total mass of 667 g was recovered. 19° 29'S, 31° 39'E

Typhoon Rumbia has made landfall in China Spoiler

HI-C Sounding Rocket Mission Has Finest Mirrors Ever Made On July 11, NASA scientists will launch into space the highest resolution solar telescope ever to observe the solar corona, the million degree outer solar atmosphere. The instrument, called HI-C for High Resolution Coronal Imager, will f...

The Vela 4 satellite detected the first gamma-ray burst (GRB 670702) on July 2, 1967 Read more (PDF) The Very First Gamma-Ray Burst Read more (PDF) GRB 670702 1 ,the rst detected GRB,showed two peaks in burst activity over a period of seconds.The rst peak lasted for about an eighth of a second and the...

Taking place in Leeds' Millennium Square from the 1st to the 3rd July, the Leeds Loves Food Festival is now in its sixth year. Look out for the You are what you ate festival stall on Saturday 2 July, where we'll be dishing up a range of free family friendly activities. [url=http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ne...

Mars et Avril (aka Mars & Avril or March and April) is a Canadian science fiction film starring Jacques Languirand, Caroline Dhavernas, Paul Ahmarani and Robert Lepage. The feature film, based on the graphic novels of the same name published by Sid Lee & la Pastèque, is written, produced an...

D/1770 L1, popularly known as Lexell's Comet after its orbit computer Anders Johan Lexell, was a comet discovered by astronomer Charles Messier in June 1770. It is notable for having passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of only 0.015 astron...

Another big meteor landed six to eight miles north of Cosnino about 9 o'clock Tuesday evening [30 June 1888]. As the great blazing ball of fire neared the Earth, it lit up the surrounding area so one was able to read by its light -- then it crashed and it was over in a final flash. Parties have started out in...

Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. Its purpose was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships. The series consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 23 kilotons: Able was detonated at an altit...