* Astronomy

The 41 - 92 metre wide asteroid 2017 EK will make a close pass (5.0 LD, 0.0127 AU) travelling at 12.68 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th March 2017 @ 23:35 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Ultraviolet image (390nm) captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and Vesta pro webcam.

NGC 2830 (also Arp 315, MCG 6-21-14, UGC 4941 and PGC 26371) is a magnitude +13.9 almost edge-on barred spiral galaxy located 280 million light-years away in the constellation Lynx. The galaxy along with NGC 2831 and NGC 2832 are listed as Arp 315 in the Atlas of peculiar galaxies by Halton Arp. The gal...

ATel 10166: Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31

ATel 10160: Discovery of the double quasar SDSS J1617+3827AB

ATel 10162: Classification of ASASSN-17dj (AT2017cav) with the Liverpool Telescope

NGC 6321 (also UGC 10768, MCG +03-44-02, IRAS 17122 +2022 and PGC 59900) is a magnitude +13.6 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 286 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflect...

George Andrew Olah (born Oláh György; May 22, 1927 - March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian and American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. Read more

Tsunami WARNING for Pacific coast of U.S Mag 7 Quake offshore. -- Edited by Blobrana at 12:53, 2005-06-15

A group of young stars has been spotted dangerously close to the giant black hole at the centre of our Galaxy - only the second such group known to be braving the region's extreme conditions. Two years ago, astronomer...

ATel 10159: Spectroscopic Classification of SN 2017cal (=ASASSN-17dh) as a Type Ia Supernova

NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper' NASA's upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter's icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper. The moniker harkens back to the clipper ships that sailed across the oceans of Earth in the 19th century. Clipper ships were streamlined...

Title: A New Faint Milky Way Satellite Discovered in the Pan-STARRS1 3 pi Survey Author: Benjamin P. M. Laevens, Nicolas F. Martin, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Hans-Walter Rix, Edouard J. Bernard, Eric F. Bell, Branimir Sesar, Annette M. N. Ferguson, Edward F. Schlafly, Colin T. Slater, William S. Burgett,...

Gamma Normids meteor shower Shower Activity Maximum Radiant Velocity ZHR Period Date R.A. Dec. Gamma Normids 11 - 22 Mar 11 16.7 -44.0° 58.9 5.5

The Changde (H5) meteorite fell in Hunan, China, on the 11th March, 1977. A total mass of 1810 g was recovered. 29° 5'N, 111° 45'E