The glowing embers left behind by one of the most powerful type of explosions in the Universe have been revealed for the first time. Remnants from giant fireballs unleashed by a supernova are still glowing at temperatures 10,000 times hotter than the Sun thousands of years after the event. They were...
Sher 25 is an old blue supergiant star located approximately 20,000 ly from the sun. Its Apparent magnitude is 12.2 and it is a B spectral type. It is part of the constellation Carina. This star as commonly thought to be nearing the point of exploding as a supernova and is located in H II region NGC 3603. [...
The 690 - 1600 metre wide asteroid 2002 KL3 will make a close pass (66.4 lunar distances, 0.1706 AU), travelling at 30.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th June, 2013 @ 06:26 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Dista...
The 110 - 240 metre wide asteroid 2002 LT24 will make a close pass (56.1 lunar distances, 0.1441 AU), travelling at 15.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th July, 2010 @ 03:41 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (L...
Orbital elements: 2010 LL68 Earth MOID = 0.1387 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 2.19483 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32838907 Peri. 98.48765 +0.35683982 +0.93331135 a 2.0807038 Node 192.64172 -0.91272787 +0.33922496 e 0.5278662 Incl. 10.51542 -0.19898033 +0.11771303 P 3.00 H 23.0 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Orbital elements: 2010 GA24 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0471 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 16.19097 (2000.0) P Q n 0.38132962 Peri. 237.15816 -0.03696166 +0.99728881 a 1.8833702 Node 30.91415 -0.87047849 -0.00085725 e 0.4903719 Incl. 7.11462 -0.49081669 -0.07358191 P 2.58 H 20.8 G 0.15...
Orbital elements:
2012 MD7 Earth MOID = 0.0175 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 133.93398 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.02193351 Peri. 136.03015 +0.73485554 -0.67503955
a 0.9761599 Node 266.54795 +0.60268512 +0.69433352
e 0.1092221 Incl. 3.77060 +0.31105945 +0.24944453
P 0.96 H 24.1 G...
Orbital elements: 2011 DL19 Earth MOID = 0.1138 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 325.94335 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46496650 Peri. 293.31313 -0.77830724 +0.40828893 a 1.6501431 Node 273.83795 -0.23717587 -0.89459966 e 0.4256978 Incl. 28.56018 -0.58136516 -0.18163589 P 2.12 H 18.4 G 0.15 U 9...
India launches ballistic missile India test-fires its intermediate-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, Agni-II, off an island in Orissa state. Read more
A new giant picture on the Nazca Plateau in Peru, which is famous for giant patterns that can be seen from the air, has been discovered by a team of Japanese researchers. The image is 65 meters long, and appears to be an animal with horns. It is thought to have been drawn as a symbol of hopes for good crops, b...
Herschel relatives visit Slough Hanoverian grandmother, Margrit Wesphal, and her niece, Claudia Assmann, made the 450 mile trip from West Saxony on Sunday to learn more about their distant relative: Sloughs favourite son, William Herschel. [url=http://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/articles...
Possible meteor seen in Randolph County, across the east coast[url=http://www.wvnstv.com/story/21773152/possible-meteor-seen-in-randolph-county-across-th...
A total solar eclipse occurred on April 6, 1875. Totality was visible on the southern tip of Africa, across the Indian ocean, and across southeastern Asia. Astronomers J. N. Lockyer and Arthur Schuster travelled to observe the eclipse and measure spectral lines to determine the elemental content...
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