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NASA Assigns Crew for STS-134 Shuttle Mission, Change to STS-132 NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-134 to the International Space Station. The flight will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, to the station. The AMS is a state-of-the-art cosmic ray particle phy...

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Title: SDSS J000555.90-100213.5: a hot, magnetic carbon-atmosphere WD rotating with a 2.1 day period Authors: K. A. Lawrie, M. R. Burleigh, P. Dufour, S. T. Hodgkin A surprisingly large fraction (70%) of hot, carbon dominated atmosphere (DQ) white dwarfs are magnetic and/or photometrically va...

International Launch Services and Eutelsat Announce Launch of the W3D Satellite in 2013 International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat, of Paris, France, one of the world's leading satellite operators, announced a contract today for the launch of the W3D satellite into geostationary transf...

Swinburne University of Technology is set to host TEDxMelbourne's biggest event of the year. The independently organised event, in the university's landmark Advanced Technologies Centre, will be held between 11am and 4.30pm on Sunday, 26 May. With the theme "Untapped", the event wi...

Diane Sipiera will share her knowledge of meteorites. Learn the difference between, stony, stony-iron and iron meteorites. One of the PSF's latest meteorite discoveries, which is directly related to the Village of Elizabeth, Illinois, will be discussed with the latest findings. [url=http://...

Orbital elements: 2013 JQ22 Earth MOID = 0.1065 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 15.76123 (2000.0) P Q n 0.44590603 Peri. 324.48184 -0.89777458 -0.43888459 a 1.6968384 Node 189.70058 +0.43760062 -0.87918485 e 0.5393765 Incl. 12.74164 +0.05006493 -0.18551094 P 2.21 H 20.2...

Orbital elements: 2013 JN22 Earth MOID = 0.2353 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 51.42601 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36121681 Peri. 3.39879 +0.36896295 -0.89802443 a 1.9526485 Node 65.06729 +0.84639556 +0.21811286 e 0.8115838 Incl. 15.32231 +0.38403242 +0.38207187 P 2.73 H 18.9 G 0....

Maria Reiche (1903 - 1998) was a German mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator who is notable for her research in the Nazca Lines in Peru, beginning in 1940, and her success in gaining recognition and preservation of the property. She helped educate people about the resource and g...

Orbital elements: 2013 JV22 Earth MOID = 0.0539 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 5.27479 (2000.0) P Q n 0.40039929 Peri. 135.08993 -0.97583050 -0.01290023 a 1.8230861 Node 45.55646 -0.11785027 -0.80958593 e 0.4645576 Incl. 17.79152 +0.18402759 -0.58685961 P 2.46 H 22.9 G 0...

Orbital elements: 2013 JT22 Earth MOID = 0.0595 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 288.63150 (2000.0) P Q n 0.51689708 Peri. 162.87234 +0.97108009 +0.23869697 a 1.5376825 Node 183.33125 -0.22822310 +0.92160787 e 0.4581944 Incl. 5.15135 -0.07012617 +0.30604360 P 1.91 H 20.3...

Orbital elements: 2013 JR22 Earth MOID = 0.1186 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 14.87190 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35693351 Peri. 172.13781 -0.43383734 -0.89525236 a 1.9682390 Node 303.51956 +0.81987548 -0.34553637 e 0.7245811 Incl. 6.99501 +0.37361660 -0.28129669 P 2.76 H 20.9 G...

Stephen Hawking boycotts major Israel conference UK cosmologist Prof Stephen Hawking has withdrawn from a high-profile Israeli conference, in support of an academic boycott of the country. He initially planned to speak at the event in June but pulled out following advice from Palestinian acade...

The Junan (L6) meteorite fell in Shandong, China, on the 15th May, 1976. A total mass of 950 g was recovered. 35° 12'N, 118° 48'E

The Felix (CO3.3) meteorite fell in Alabama, USA, on the 15th May, 1900. A total mass of 3.2 kg was recovered. 32° 32'N, 87° 10'W