... The fireball flew on February 15, 2013 at 09:22 (03:22 UTC) in Chelyabinsk region at supersonic speed and with bright flashes of light along the trajectory of the NEE-SWW( Chelyabinsk-Miass-Satka ). ... On March 21, 2013 at 14:00 Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI MSU) held joint seminar organized INASAN, IDG, Vernadsky Institute, IKI RAS and SAI MSU for the results of meteorite Chelyabinsk study. ... Russian scientists of Vernadsky Institute analyse Chebarkul/Chelyabinsk Meteorite ( Vesti.Ru ) ....

... A nasty dispute between the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and the space-science community was narrowly averted early this year when SDI officials backed down on a planned launch of a satellite with a Russian-built nuclear reactor on board. ... Early Soviet space reactors orbited for two to three months, and two Soviet Topaz 1 experiments, one for six and one 12 months, created radiation belts that disrupted the operation of scientific satellites. ...

... Space Science Education . ... Particle detectors networks for the Fundamental Physics, Space Weather and Education . ... A network of middle to low latitude particle detectors called SEVAN (Space Environmental Viewing and Analysis Network) is planned in the framework of the International Heliophysical Year (IHY), to improve fundamental research of the space weather conditions and provide possibilities to perform short and long-term forecasts of the dangerous consequences of the space storms. ...

... I'd also like to wish you Kung Hee Fat Choy, which is Happy New Year's in Chinese although Chinese New Year does not begin until February 4th or 5th. ... Here on Oahu, it is legal to burn firecrackers but not aerial fireworks. Many aerials were brought in illegally and although the police confiscated and arrested a few people, there were thousands of aerials being used. ... Here in Kailua, many dead birds were found along Kailua Beach and this is . being blamed on the fireworks. ...

... Pulkovo Astrometric Observations of Bodies in the Solar System from 1898 to 2005: Observational Database T. P. Kiseleva and E. V. Khrutskaya Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovskoe sh. ... The long-term work resulted in long, homogeneous series of observations of various bodies in the Solar System: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto; the satellites of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn; selected minor planets, asteroids, and comets. ... 2001; Kiseleva et al...

The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of those events long-expected by physicists that are nevertheless a significant occurrence which excites the world scientific community as if something unexpected has happened. ... Many rumors leaked ahead of the conference, and the fact that something (that is, a signal corresponding to gravitational waves) was discovered by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) was discussed on the sidelines. ... arXiv:1602.03868 . ...