* Astronomy

The Tuan Tuc (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Can Tho, Vietnam, on the 30th June, 1921. A total mass of 13.1 kg was recovered. 9° 40'N, 105° 40'E

30 June 1878 Macleay River. (From the Macleay Herald, July 6.) A brilliant meteor was observed over East Kempsey on Sunday last, about 4 o'clock p.m. It was in appearance an oblong globe of fire the size of a hat. In its descent it twice partially burst, scattering numerous brilliant corruscations....

A total solar eclipse occurred on June 30, 1973. This eclipse was observed by a group of scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory using two airplanes to extend the apparent time of totality by flying along the eclipse path in the same direction as the Moon's shadow as it passed over Africa....

The Kagarlyk (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Kiev, Ukraine, on the 30th June, 1908. A total mass of 1900 g was recovered. 49° 52'N, 30° 50'E

The Rich Mountain (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in North Carolina, USA, on the 30th June, 1903. A total mass of 668 g was recovered. 35° 2'N, 83° 2'W

The Nogoya (CM2 chondrite) meteorite fell in Entre Rios, Argentina, on the 30th June, 1879. A total mass of 4 kg was recovered. 32° 22'S, 59° 50'W

Orbital elements: 2011 EG17 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0418 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 47.35753 (2000.0) P Q n 0.58439869 Peri. 242.73667 +0.59328794 -0.80278915 a 1.4168696 Node 170.19114 +0.80491981 +0.59063567 e 0.4397875 Incl. 20.43809 +0.01065473 +0.08172567 P 1.69 H 20.6 G 0.1...

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer is celebrating its fourth year in space with some of M81's "hottest" stars. In a new ultraviolet image, the magnificent M81 spiral galaxy is sh...

Title: A remarkable meteor, connected with the Winnecke comet, photographed at Mukden, Manchuria Authors: Yamamoto, Issei. On June 29, at 23" 51m, Japanese Western Standard Time, (June 29, 3h 51m P.M. in Greenwich Mean Time [1927]) an extraordinary bright meteor appeared in the low southw...

Ludmila Pajdusáková (29 June 1916 - 6 October 1979) was a Slovak astronomer. She specialised in solar astronomy, and also discovered a number of comets, including periodic comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusáková, and the non-periodic C/1946 K1 (Pajdusáková-Rotbart-Weber), C/1948 E1 (Pajdusáko...

AIA 304 (2013-06-27 18:37:43 - 2013-06-27 21:37:19 UTC)

AIA 304 (2013-06-27 18:37:43 - 2013-06-27 21:37:19 UTC)

The Uberaba (H5 chondrite) meteorite fell 50 miles west of Uberaba, Dores dos Campos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on the 29th June, 1903. A total mass of 40 kg was recovered. 19° 49'S, 48° 47'W

The Manegaon (Diogenite) meteorite fell in Maharashtra, India, on the 29th June, 1843. A total mass of 50 g was recovered. 20° 58'N, 76° 6'E Read more

Astrónomos europeos descubren el quásar más distante conocido en observatorio Cerro Paranal La luz de este quásar, llamado ULAS J1120+0641, tardó 12.900 millones de años en llegar a los telescopios de la Tierra, por lo que es visto tal y como era cuando el Universo tenía tan sólo 770 millones de años...

In 2008 two scientists, Alan Bond and Mark Hempsell from Bristol University finally cracked the cuneiform code. By using a computer program that can reconstruct the night sky thousands of years ago. The two scientists were able to establish the tablet was a night notebook of Sumerian astronomers a...