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The Duruma (L6) meteorite fell in Coast, Kenya, on the 6th March, 1853. A total mass of 577 g was recovered. 4° 0'S, 39° 30'E

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii About 44 acres of coastline collapsed into the ocean this week, setting loose a glowing stream of lava that shot out from the newly exposed cliffside 45 feet above the water. The plume, 6 feet in diameter, sent up a tower of steam as it hit the water and be...

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

ATel 10143: Spectroscopic classification of M31N 2017-03a as a classical nova

NGC 4402 (also IRAS 12235 +1323, MCG +2-32-44, UGC 7528 and PGC 40644) is a magnitude +11.8 type Sb edge-on spiral galaxy located 50 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. NGC 4402 was discovered by the German astronomer Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers using the 15.7 cm (6.2-i...

Ancient humans, dubbed 'Denisovans', interbred with us Scientists say an entirely separate type of human identified from bones in Siberia co-existed and interbred with our own species. The ancient humans have been dubbed "Denisovans" after the caves in Siberia where their remains w...

Title: The symbiotic star CH Cygni. I. An analysis of the shocked nebulae at different epochs Authors: M. Contini (1,2), R. Angeloni (1,2), P. Rafanelli (1) ((1) Dipartimento di Astronomia, University of Padova, Italy; (2) School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel) Context....

Title: XMM-Newton Detects a Hot Gaseous Halo in the Fastest Rotating Spiral Galaxy UGC 12591 Authors: Xinyu Dai (1), Michael E. Anderson (2), Joel N. Bregman (2), Jon M. Miller (2) ((1) Univ. of Oklahoma (2) Univ. of Michigan) We present our XMM-Newton observation of the fastest rotating spiral gal...

Asteroid (43) Ariadne is a fairly large and bright main-belt asteroid. It is the second-largest member of the Flora asteroid family. It was discovered by N. R. Pogson on April 15, 1857, and named after the Greek heroine Ariadne. Read more ...

Title: Analysis Of Kepler-71 Activity Through Planetary Transit Author: Eber A. Gusmão, Caius L. Selhorst, Alexandre S. Oliveira An exoplanet transiting in front of the disk of its parent star may hide a dark starspot causing a detectable change in the light curve, that allows to infer physical ch...

Title: OT J002656.6+284933 (CSS101212:002657+284933): SU UMa-Type Dwarf Nova with Longest Superhump Period Author: Taichi Kato (Kyoto U), Tamas Tordai, Colin Littlefield, Kiyoshi Kasai, Sergey Yu. Shugarov, Natalia Katysheva, Anna M. Zaostrojnykh, Roger D. Pickard, Enrique de Miguel, Ki...

Title: Title: Scattering V-type asteroids during the giant planets instability: A step for Jupiter, a leap for basalt Author: Pedro Brasil, Fernando Roig, David Nesvorný, Valerio Carruba V-type asteroids are a taxonomic class whose surface is associated to a basaltic composition. The only kno...

ATel 10140: A Bright Supernova Candidate Detected by the VVV Survey

ATel 10141: KR Aur - extremely high variations in optical bands

China launches experiment satellite 'TK-1' China on Friday launched an experiment satellite, "TK-1", from northwestern Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite, carried by the rocket "KT-2", blasted off from the launch center at 7:53 a.m. Friday, and it later entered its intended orbit...