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Glasgow scientists create single-pixel camera for 3D images Scientists in Glasgow have discovered a low-cost way to create 3D images. Their system uses detectors which have a single pixel to sense light instead of the millions of pixels used in the imaging sensors of digital cameras. The detector...

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Orbital elements: 2013 JT28 Earth MOID = 0.0149 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 0.27055 (2000.0) P Q n 0.42051676 Peri. 3.44058 -0.91436309 +0.40485712 a 1.7644682 Node 200.44435 -0.37186265 -0.84511440 e 0.4229480 Incl. 0.91109 -0.16018210 -0.34910224 P 2.34 H 26.7 G 0.1...

Orbital elements: 2013 JR28 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0346 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 328.62427 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30034741 Peri. 228.67759 +0.89085899 +0.44091787 a 2.2082765 Node 104.89795 -0.37562499 +0.85034972 e 0.6496533 Incl. 6.49831 -0.25549194 +0.28722254 P 3.28 H...

Bernard M. Oliver (1916 - 1995), aka Barney Oliver, was a scientist who made contributions in many fields, including radar, television, and computers. He was the founder and director of Hewlett Packard (HP) laboratories until his retirement in 1981. Read more

The 1.07 million year old impact structure in Ghana has a nearly circular shape with a rim diameter of 11 km north-south and 10 km east-west. It is surrounded by a circular depression and an outer ridge of diameter 20 km. Polymict breccias averaging at least 20 m thick with clasts as much as 5 m long occur...

Title: KOI-127b: a very low-albedo, Saturn-mass transiting planet around a metal rich solar-like star Authors: D. Gandolfi, H. Parviainen, M. Fridlund, A. P. Hatzes, H. J. Deeg, A. Frasca, A. F. Lanza, P. G. Prada Moroni, E. Tognelli, A. McQuillan, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, V. Antoci, J. Cabrera, L. C...

Half-Century Old Moon Mystery Solved In the early morning hours of Nov. 15, 1953, an amateur astronomer in Oklahoma photographed what he believed to be a massive, white-hot fireball of vaporised rock rising from the center of the Moon's face. If his theory was right, Dr. Leon Stuart would be the fir...

Orbital elements: 2013 JU22 Earth MOID = 0.0083 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 336.83785 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35178719 Peri. 198.88357 +0.13543016 +0.98997364 a 1.9873882 Node 78.91529 -0.90368283 +0.14003113 e 0.4888240 Incl. 2.34397 -0.40622164 +0.01853312 P 2.80 H 25.0 G...

Life on Venus could be blown to Earth by powerful winds, scientists claim. Previous research has considered the possibility of micro organisms existing in Venus's atmosphere despite extreme temperatures on its surface. But two scientists at the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology say microbes fro...

On the 17 May 1990 at 23:20 local time , a 1000 - 1500kg meteorite, on a 45° angle of approach, impacted the ground forming a crater 20km west of Sterlitamak in Bashkiria. The crater is 15m of diameter and 4.5 to 5m deep. Unfortunately, image precision is not enough to see such a crater. The meteorite...

The Gnadenfrei (H6) meteorite fell in Walbrzych, Poland, on the 17th May, 1879. A total mass of 1750 g was recovered. 50° 40'N, 16° 46'E

The Hungen (H6) meteorite fell in Hessen, Germany, on the 17th May, 1877. A total mass of 112 g was recovered. 50° 18'N, 8° 55'E

The Perth (LL5) meteorite fell in Scotland, UK, on the 17th May, 1830. A total mass of 2 g was recovered. 56° 24'N, 3° 26'W

The Castel Berardenga (Stone) meteorite fell in Toscana, Italy, on the 17th May, 1791. An unknown total mass was recovered. 43° 21'N, 11° 30'E