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The 9 - 20 metre wide asteroid 2017 HY will make a close pass (3.24 LD, 0.00832 AU), travelling at 7.43 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th April 2017 @ 09:56 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology marking 150 years with new exhibit A Harvard University museum is marking its 150th anniversary with a new exhibit showcasing its role developing the study of anthropology. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology on Saturday is openin...

ATel 10310: Discovery and Classification of SN2017dez by ATLAS

ATel 9626: Adaptive Optics and planned HST follow-up observations of the strongly lensed SNIa iPTF16geu

Newly Discovered Exoplanet May be Best Candidate in Search for Signs of Life An exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth may be the new holder of the title "best place to look for signs of life beyond the Solar System". Using ESO's HARPS instrument at La Silla, and other telescopes...

ATel 10301: ASASSN-17ff and ASASSN-17fg: Discovery of Two Probable Supernovae in NGC 3506 and 2MASX J05003418-6204211

Three panel photomosaic of a new sunspot and sunspot 12651 captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and Vesta pro webcam.

Sony World Photography Awards 2017 Belgian photographer Frederik Buyckx has been named the Sony World Photography Awards' 2017 Photographer of the Year for his series of snow covered landscapes. Read more

Title: The Unprecedented Third Outburst of SN 2009ip: A Luminous Blue Variable Becomes a Supernova Authors: Jon C. Mauerhan, Nathan Smith, Alexei Filippenko, Kyle Blanchard, Peter Blanchard, Chadwick F. E. Casper, S. Bradley Cenko, Kelsey I. Clubb, Daniel Cohen, Gary Li, Jeffrey M. Silverman S...

Title: The moderate magnetic field on the flare star Proxima Centauri Authors: Ansgar Reiners, Gibor Basri We report moderate magnetic flux of 450G < Bf < 750G (3sigma) on the nearby M5.5 flare star Proxima Centauri. A high resolution UVES spectrum was used to measure magnetic flux from Zeem...

Title: A dark asteroid family in the Phocaea region Author: Bojan Novakovic, Georgios Tsirvoulis, Mikael Granvik, Ana Todovic We report the discovery of a new asteroid family among the dark asteroids residing in the Phocaea region the Tamara family. We make use of available physical data to separ...

Citizen Scientists Join Search for Earth-like Planets Web users around the globe will be able to help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planets thanks to a new online citizen science project called Planet Hunters that launches Dec. 16. at www.planethunters.org. Planet Hu...

A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck under the sea off New Zealand's North Island on Wednesday. The quake occurred at 00:46 GMT at a depth of 320 km. Officials said it was too deep to trigger a tsunami.

San Diego Earth Day Click to Play | View Details Earth Day 2009 San Diego - This was their 20th Anniversary.

The 11 - 25 metre wide asteroid 2017 HD will make a close pass (3.77 LD, 0.00969 AU), travelling at 12.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd April 2017 @ 17:03 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).