An unidentified flying object (UFO) sighting forced the Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China to close on July 7. The UFO was first detected around 8:40 p.m. local time. A flight crew who was preparing to descend first noticed it and immediately informed the air traffic control department. The authorities responded and it ceased the operation [...]
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A very sophisticated and very expensive NASA 400-foot (121-meter) balloon was seen crashing into the Australian outback Thursday. “We were sitting in our car and preparing to move it out of the way and we actually were within a foot of being wiped out,” a witness said. “If it hadn’t been for the other gentleman’s [...]
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If you want to catch a glimpse of Leonid meteor shower this year, then you’re still on time. It started from November 13 and will available to view until November 20th. The meteor shower will be at its peak before dawn of November 17, 2009, Tuesday, so be sure to wake up because it will [...]
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Bad weather prevented the new, experimental Ares I-X rocket from blasting off Tuesday and NASA will try a second time to launch it on Wednesday between 8 a.m. and 12 at noon EDT. “We had some opportunities, we just didn’t get there – the weather didn’t cooperate,” launch director Ed Mango said after calling off [...]
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On July 22, 2009, Wednesday, we are going to experience a total eclipse of the Sun. This is the longest solar eclipse the Earth will witness until June 13 of 2132. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. This phenomenon makes the Sun fully or partly covered from [...]
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