* Astronomy

The first Eurovision Song contest was held in the town of Lugano, Switzerland, on 24 May 1956. Seven countries participated - each submitting two songs, for a total of 14. This was the only contest in which more than one song per country was performed: since 1957 all contests have allowed one entry per...

Title: A Brilliant Meteor and its Cloud-Like Trail Authors: Peterson, S. P. An unusually brilliant meteor was observed at 5:07 am on March 24, 1933, by Pilot C. W. Coyle, while flying a Transcontinental & Western Air Mail plane east from Albuquerque. At the time in question he was near Adrian, Te...

Ronald Anthony Parise Ph.D. (May 24, 1951 - May 9, 2008) was an Italian American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist. Read more

Crew begin Bligh's Pacific voyage Four men have set sail in the South Pacific in their bid to recreate the epic 7,000 km voyage of Captain William Bligh. Captain Bligh was cast adrift after the famous mutiny on the Bounty in 1789. The crew is sailing in a 7.6m open-deck boat with two small sails. They are...

A Hybrid Solar Eclipse occurred on 24th May, 1789. The eclipse is visible from the southern Pacific ocean. Read more

The Otomi (H) meteorite fell in Tohoku, Japan, on the 24th May, 1867. A total mass of 6.51 kg was recovered. 38° 24'N, 140° 21'E

Russia to evacuate Arctic station over melting ice A Russian drifting Arctic research station is to be evacuated because the ice field around it is melting, the environment ministry in Moscow reports. The ministry has ordered an evacuation plan to be drawn up within three days for North Pole 40 and i...

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Volcano project scours Iceland for early warning signals Work is under way to improve monitoring of Iceland's volcanoes and give earlier warning of possible eruptions. The FutureVolc project is funded by the European Union and involves more sensors as well as better real-time data analysis. It i...

The Banten (CM2) meteorite fell in Jawa Barat, Indonesia, on the 24th May, 1933. A total mass of 629 g was recovered. 6° 20'S, 106° 0'E

The Kisvarsány (L6) meteorite fell in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Hungary, on the 24th May, 1914. A total mass of 1550 g was recovered. 48° 10' 0"N, 22° 18' 30"E

The Cross Roads (H5) meteorite fell in North Carolina, USA, on the 24th May, 1892. A total mass of 167 g was recovered. 35° 38'N, 78° 8'W

The Assisi (H5) meteorite fell in Umbria, Italy, on the 24th May, 1886. A total mass of 2 kg was recovered. 43° 2'N, 12° 33'E

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Crystals melt when they're cooled Growing thin films out of nanoparticles in ordered, crystalline sheets, to make anything from microelectronic components to solar cells, would be a boon for materials researchers, but the physics is tricky because particles of that size don't form crystals the...