* Astronomy

John Scott Russell FRSE FRS (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow - 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built the Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He made the discovery of the wave of translation that gave birt...

A Laser beam was bounced off the moon's surface successfully on May 9, 1962, by Scientists from MIT. A ruby optical maser radiating pulses of approximately 50 joules energy, 0.5 msec. duration, at 6943 A was used as the source. The transmitting optical system included a Cassegrain telescope of 12-i...

The Chainpur (LL3.4) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 9th May, 1907. A total mass of 8.2 kg was recovered. 25° 51'N, 83° 29'E

The Phillips County (L6) meteorite fell in Kansas, USA, on the 9th May, 1901. A total mass of 57.9 kg was recovered. 40° 0'N, 99° 15'W

The Nagy-Borové (L5) meteorite fell in Stredoslovensky, Slovakia, on the 9th May, 1895. A total mass of 6.1 kg was recovered. 49° 10'N, 19° 30'E

The Bori (L6) meteorite fell in Madhya Pradesh, India, on the 9th May, 1894. A total mass of 8.6 kg was recovered. 21° 57'N, 78° 2'E

The Karakol (LL6) meteorite fell in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, on the 9th May, 1840. A total mass of 3 kg was recovered. 47° 13'N, 81° 1'E

The Drake Creek (L6) meteorite fell in Tennessee, USA, on the 9th May, 1827. A total mass of 5 kg was recovered. 36° 24'N, 86° 30'W

Some of the oldest words in English have been identified, scientists say. Reading University researchers claim "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the most ancient, dating back tens of thousands of years. Their computer model analyses the rate of...

This Chandra Xray telescope three-colour image of a region of the supernova remnant Puppis A (wide-angle view from ROSAT in blue) reveals a cloud being torn apart by a shock wave produced in a supernova explosion. This is the first X-ray identification of such a process in an advanced phas...

James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres (28 July 1847 - 31 January 1913) was a British astronomer, politician, bibliophile and philatelist. A member of the Royal Society, Crawford was elected president of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1878. [url=http://en.wik...

Sir David Gill FRS (12 June 1843 - 24 January 1914) was a Scottish astronomer who is known for measuring astronomical distances, for astrophotography, and for geodesy. He spent much of his career in South Africa. Read more I...

ESA approves BIOMASS satellite to monitor Earth's forests A satellite that can weigh the Earth's forests has just been given the go ahead by the European Space Agency. BIOMASS, as it will be known, is expected to launch in 2020. The spacecraft will carry a novel radar system that is able to see the trun...

Mariner-H (Mariner Mars '71), also commonly known as Mariner 8, was (along with Mariner 9) part of the Mariner Mars 71 project. It was intended to go into Mars orbit and return images and data. A launch vehicle failure prevented Mariner 8 from even achieving an Earth orbit and the spacecraft splashed...

Orbital elements: 2013 HT25 Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 13.12001 (2000.0) P Q n 0.31422752 Peri. 61.36717 +0.00381016 -0.99944088 a 2.1427585 Node 28.47280 +0.89143173 -0.01165782 e 0.8498428 Incl. 3.99541 +0.45313900 +0.03133734 P 3.14 H 28.8 G 0....