Large graphite deposit found in northeast China A large high-quality graphite deposit has been discovered in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said Thursday. Initial surveys show that deposit, located in Mudanjiang city, has reserves of more than 35 million tonnes o...
Title: CARMA Measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in RXJ1347.5-1145 Authors: Thomas J. Plagge, Daniel P. Marrone, Zubair Abdulla, Massimiliano Bonamente, John E. Carlstrom, Megan Gralla, Christopher H. Greer, Marshall Joy, James W. Lamb, Erik M. Leitch, Adam Mantz, Stephen Muchov...
Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia A new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia - famous for its wildlife - was covered by a massive ice cap during the last ice age. The results are published today (17 March) in the journal Nature Communications. Read more
Montana has a new geologic map, the first one since 1955. It was compiled by staff of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology using data from hundreds of sources. The Geologic Map of Montana includes three parts. Plate 1 is the geologic map of the state (approx. 4x7ft). Plate 2 provides supporting and c...
Iron 'jet stream' detected in Earth's outer core Scientists say they have identified a remarkable new feature in Earth's molten outer core. They describe it as a kind of "jet stream" - a fast-flowing river of liquid iron that is surging westwards under Alaska and Siberia. The moving mass of metal has...
Title: LAGO: the Latin American Giant Observatory Author: Iván Sidelnik, Hernán Asorey, for the LAGO Collaboration The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an extended cosmic ray observatory composed of a network of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCD) spanning over different sites locate...
NGC 3105 (also ESO 167-SC14 and OCL 798) is a magnitude +9.7 open star cluster located 21,500 ±1000 light-years away in the constellation Vela. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on the 10th Apri...
(3214) Makarenko / TYC 1948-01125-1 event on 2017 Mar 18, 04:29 UT On 2017 March 18th, asteroid (3214) Makarenko will occult a 9.6 mag star in the constellation Cancer for observers along a path across S USA. Read more
Title: A super lithium-rich red-clump star in the open cluster Trumpler 5 Author: L. Monaco, H. M. J. Boffin, P. Bonifacio, S. Villanova, G. Carraro, E. Caffau, M. Steffen, J. A. Ahumada, Y. Beletsky, G. Beccari Context. The existence of lithium-rich low-mass red giant stars still represents a cha...
NGC 2245 (also IRAS 06299+1011 and LBN 904) is a magnitude +12.2 reflection nebula located about 2480 light years away in the constellation Monoceros. The nebula surrounds the magnitude 10.36 - 10.84 star V699 Monocerotis, and is close to a magnitude +7.5 star HD 46265. The nebula was discovered by...
NGC 2261 (also known as Hubble's Variable Nebula, Caldwell 46 or LBN 920) is a magnitude +9.0 emission and reflection nebula located 272 light years away in the constellation Monoceros. The nebula is illuminated by the T Tauri star R Monocerotis. Because the star is variable, (varying between 10....
Astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope have captured a spectacular new picture of a star-forming region called the "Christmas Tree Cluster," complete with first-ever views of a group of newborn stars still linked to their siblings.
Spitzer's cameras are very sensitive to th...
Title: Oscillations in Procyon A: First results from a multi-site campaign Authors: S Hekker, S Reffert, T R Bedding, H Bruntt, R P Butler, L L Kiss, S J O'Toole, E Kambe, H Ando, H Izumiura, B Sato, M Hartmann, A P Hatzes, T Appourchaux, C Barban, G Berthomieu, F Bouchy, C Catala, R A Garcia, J-C Lebrun, M...
The 14 - 31 metre wide asteroid 2017 EG3 will make a close pass (4.4 LD, 0.0113 AU) travelling at 8.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th March 2017 @ 10:57 UT ±00:05. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
NGC 5949 (also UGC 9866, MCG 11-19-8, IRAS15273 +6456 and PGC 55165) is a magnitude +12.0 inclined barred spiral galaxy located 20 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 specu...
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