* Astronomy

Ian William Ridpath (born 1 May 1947, Ilford, Essex) is an English science writer and broadcaster made famous for his investigation and explanation of the Rendlesham Forest Incident of December 1980. He is editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy and Norton's Star Atlas, and author of observi...

Martha Jane Canary (May 1, 1852 - August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, and professional scout best known for her claim of being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok, but also for having gained fame fighting Indians. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

The Adhi Kot (EH4) meteorite fell in Punjab, Pakistan, on the 1st May, 1919. A total mass of 4.24 kg was recovered. 32° 6'N, 71° 48'E

Title: Noble gases and nitrogen in Martian meteorites Dar al Gani 476, Sayh al Uhaymir 005 and Lewis Cliff 88516: EFA and extra neon Authors: Mohapatra, Ratan K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Herrmann, Siegfried; Murty, S. V. S.; Ott, Ulrich and Gilmour, Jamie D. (2009). Noble gases and nitrogen in Marti...

Orbital elements: 2010 KE Earth MOID = 0.0146 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 16.95228 (2000.0) P Q n 0.66690298 Peri. 224.87376 +0.19365837 +0.97811236 a 1.2974609 Node 56.43616 -0.87253510 +0.20718275 e 0.2451089 Incl. 5.24060 -0.44852974 +0.01927503 P 1.48 H 26.6 G 0.15 U 7 [url...

The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2006 HC will make a close pass (60.6 lunar distances, 0.1558 AU), travelling at 5.54 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st May, 2013 @ 07:48 UT ±06:59. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)....

This image of Toba Caldera was captured by NASA’s Terra satellite on January 28, 2006. Expand (332kb, 1024 x 768) Credit NASA Location: 98°49'24" 2°34'54" [url=http://www.activeboard.c...

With the Web now into its second decade, leading lights in the Web world want to turn it from a phenomenon into a science. Representatives from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Southampton in the U.K. on Thursday announced the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI...

Mercury: at magnitude 0.3, starts the month in the constellation of Aquarius. Mercury is at Aphelion (distance to sun: 0.4667 AU) on the 2nd April. () Venus: is at magnitude -3.9. The planet is in constellation Pisces at the start of the month. Venus is close to the Moon on the 10th. (On April...

Orbital elements: 2010 FM Earth MOID = 0.0114 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 46.98888 (2000.0) P Q n 1.33303658 Peri. 202.49474 +0.95050054 -0.31055211 a 0.8176636 Node 175.55944 +0.30147885 +0.91369020 e 0.2711240 Incl. 7.64535 +0.07522776 +0.26215949 P 0.74 H 27.0 G 0.15 U 9 [url...

US Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake monitoring kmz file The file will display earthquake information over the last 7 days. Download (kmz)

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on May 25, 2013, the second of three lunar eclipses in 2013. The eclipse is visible throughout most of North America, South America, and western Africa. Read more

Meteorite lands on roof, northern Poland A meteorite weighing about a kilogramme smashed into the roof of a Masurian agro-tourism farm in the village of Sotmany, near Kruklanki, northern Poland. Nobody was hurt but some damage was done to the roof. Parts of the meteorite, which descended on Saturd...

The Sabrum (LL6) meteorite fell in Tripura, India, on the 30th April, 1999. A total mass of 478 g was recovered. 23° 5'N, 91° 40'E

The Queen's Mercy (H6) meteorite fell in Eastern Cape, South Africa, on the 30th April, 1925. A total mass of 7 kg was recovered. 30° 7'S, 28° 42'E