* Astronomy

Meteorite or just a big rock? The giant rock in question is located north of Montevideo, out on Town Road/70th Avenue, past the Chippewa River, on the west side. The rock is massive. One letter written by Walter Falkenhagen, quoted in the Montevideo News in 1934, puts the rock at about 400 tons. A more r...

Previously unpublished NASA space mission images will go on show to the UK public this summer. The collection of official large format NASA photographs built up by UK collector Leslie Cantwell, covers missions from Apollo 7 to Apollo 17 . The Proud Galleries in Camden, London will exhibit the image...

The Stone ship or ship setting was an early Germanic burial custom, characteristically Scandinavian but also found in Germany and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial is surrounded by tightly or loosely fit slabs or stones in the outline of a ship. They are often found in grave fields, bu...

Operation Michael was a First World War German military operation that began the Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. Read more

The Battle of Alexandria or Battle of Canope, fought on March 21, 1801 between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, took place near the ruins of Nicopolis, on the narrow spit of land between the sea and Lake Abukir, along which the Briti...

Orbital elements: 2013 FA8 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0049 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 33.03851 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37047766 Peri. 280.26324 +0.06374985 -0.99788091 a 1.9199711 Node 166.06178 +0.93547860 +0.05520730 e 0.6721883 Incl. 3.09970 +0.34758560 +0.03443615 P 2.66 H 21...

Orbital elements: 1999 GR6 Earth MOID = 0.1711 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 328.03722 (2000.0) P Q n 0.63357500 Peri. 146.52133 +0.84175006 +0.53981036 a 1.3425713 Node 180.92368 -0.53650750 +0.83804245 e 0.7612250 Incl. 29.13687 +0.06013766 -0.07930711 P 1.56 H 20.0...

Orbital elements: 2011 EW16 Earth MOID = 0.1683 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 307.10814 (2000.0) P Q n 0.51120017 Peri. 76.79985 -0.48915540 +0.86693583 a 1.5490855 Node 162.88777 -0.87157506 -0.48171888 e 0.3664573 Incl. 18.97017 -0.03292258 -0.12794212 P 1.93 H 22.9 G 0.15 U 9 M...

Title: Extract of a Letter from Mr. George Witchell, F. R. S. and Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth, to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S. Inclosing Some Account of a Solar Eclipse Observed at George's Island, by Captain Wallis; And Several Astronomical Observations Made at Portsmouth Authors...

Lights out for Earth Hour 2013 The University is encouraging staff and students to switch off their lights for an hour at 8.30pm on Saturday 23 March to support WWFs Earth Hour in Wales. Earth Hour is an annual event dedicated to focusing the worlds attention on the need to protect our planet. [url=htt...

Antonia Maury (March 21, 1866-January 8, 1952) was an American astronomer who published an important early catalogue of stellar spectra. Read more

Orbital elements: 2013 EO126 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0378 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 346.60398 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29920598 Peri. 148.08784 +0.52712807 +0.84949659 a 2.2138892 Node 153.70399 -0.78980864 +0.49938473 e 0.7765248 Incl. 2.86862 -0.31358940 +0.17020704 P 3.29...

Orbital elements: 2013 EN126 Earth MOID = 0.0729 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 358.49018 (2000.0) P Q n 0.50802718 Peri. 209.66343 -0.84578434 +0.53351458 a 1.5555289 Node 2.58701 -0.47385977 -0.74832127 e 0.3130783 Incl. 4.22296 -0.24516480 -0.39417948 P 1.94 H 24.5 G...

Orbital elements: 2013 FZ7 Earth MOID = 0.0405 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 280.49266 (2000.0) P Q n 1.11401214 Peri. 321.20691 +0.86034825 +0.50924610 a 0.9216006 Node 8.26462 -0.42199503 +0.73549081 e 0.4048745 Incl. 8.66793 -0.28586901 +0.44690232 P 0.88 H 22.6 G 0....