* Astronomy

Title: Multifrequency Observations of the Blazar 3C 279 in January 2006 Authors: WEBT Collaboration: W. Collmar, M. Böttcher, T. Krichbaum, E. Bottacini, V. Burwitz, A. Cucchiara, D. Grupe, M. Gurwell, P. Kretschmar, K. Pottschmidt, M. Bremer, S. Leon, H. Ungerechts, P.Giommi, M. Capalbi We re...

ATel 10113: ASASSN-17cu and ASASSN-17cv: Discovery of Two Probable Supernovae

ATel 10120: Spectroscopic classification of SN 2017bgu by NUTS (NOT Un-biased Transient Survey)

Complex prehistoric patterns discovered around site of ancient Welsh burial chamber A team of archaeologists, led by a researcher from the University of Bristol, has uncovered the remains of a possible Stonehenge-type prehistoric earthwork monument in a field in Pembrokeshire. Members of the...

NASA Wind Tunnel Tests Lockheed Martin's X-Plane Design for a Quieter Supersonic Jet Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to reality as NASA and Lockheed Martin begin the first high-speed wind tunnel tests for the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) X-plane preliminary des...

Vega flight opportunity for multiple small satellites Europe's Vega small launcher is set to demonstrate its extended capability to deploy multiple light satellites using its new versatile Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser, in the second half of 2018. This demonstration prov...

Genghis Khan is making a comeback in Mongolia. His name is on streets, schools, a brand of vodka and many a newborn baby -- a sea change from the era when the Communists, who ruled the country until 1991, made even mentioning his name taboo since it was considered the epitome of imperialism. But with the...

Higher concentrations of oxygen could produce giant insects according to a paper presented at the Comparative Physiology conference currently meeting in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The paper, "No giants today: tracheal oxygen supply to the legs limits beetle size," based on research by a team...

Asteroid (62) Erato / HIP 53049 event on 2017 Feb 25, 18:02 UT On 2017 Feb 25 UT, the 95 km diameter asteroid (62) Erato will occult a 7.9 mag star in the constellation Leo for observers along a path across Japan, China, Russia. Read more

NASA's NEOWISE Mission Spies One Comet, Maybe Two NASA's NEOWISE mission has recently discovered some celestial objects travelling through our neighbourhood, including one on the blurry line between asteroid and comet. Another--definitely a comet--might be seen with binoculars through nex...

NGC 4119 (also known as NGC 4124, IC 3011, IRAS 12055 +1039, MCG 2-31-36, PGC 38527 and UGC 7117) is a magnitude +11.4 inclined spiral galaxy located 73 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was first discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5...

Storm Doris: 23rd February 2017 timelapse, Irlam Spoiler

Two Holes on the Sun Give Chances for Aurora: Solar Storm Forecast 2-23-2017 Spoiler

Title: Proposed Nomenclature for Surface Features on Pluto and Its Satellites and Names for Newly Discovered Satellites Author: Eric E. Mamajek, Valerie A. Rapson, David A. Cameron, Manuel Olmedo, Shane Fogerty, Eric Franklin, Erini Lambrides, Imran Hasan, Richard E. Sarkis, Stephen Thorndi...

Researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory have learned to produce 10-carat, 12-mm thick single-crystal diamonds at rapid growth rates (100 micrometers per hour) using a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) process. This size is approximately five times that of c...