* Astronomy

This comet is currently in Aries heading towards Taurus. It was first observed in the Southern Hemisphere at 11.4 mag on June 6, by Michael Mattiazzo. It will not be visible in the Northern Hemisphere. ate(TT) R.A. (2000) Dec. Delta r Elong. mag July 1 5 41.03 22 36.1 1.465 0.531 13 8....

Title: New meteor showers identified in the CAMS and SonotaCo meteoroid orbit surveys Author: Regina Rudawska, Peter Jenniskens A cluster analysis was applied to the combined meteoroid orbit database derived from low-light level video observations by the SonotaCo consortium in Japan (64,650...

Title: Split Active Asteroid P/2016 J1 (PANSTARRS) Author: Man-To Hui, David Jewitt, Xinnan Du We present a photometric and astrometric study of the split active asteroid P/2016 J1 (PANSTARRS). The two components (hereafter J1-A and J1-B) separated either ~1500 days (2012 May to June) or 2300 da...

Luojia-1A satellite built to observe ground light China will this year launch the country's first remote-sensing satellite dedicated to observing ground light at night, according to designers. The Luojia-1A, a 10-kilogram mini satellite, is being developed by scientists at Wuhan University...

ATel 10057: PS17and : a nearby, intrinsically faint transient discovered by PSST

What is Gravitational Lensing? Click to Play | View Details Gravitational lensing is explained by Einstein's general theory of relativity: galaxies and clusters of galaxies, which are very massive objects, act on spacetime by causing it to become curved. Alexie Leauthaud and Reiko Nakajima, as...

Sir Peter Mansfield FRS, (9 October 1933 - 8 February 2017) was an English physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur, for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Read more

Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, sometimes known as Magnus the Martyr, was Earl of Orkney from 1106 to about 1115. Read more

Two British astronomers, Paul Cresswell and Richard Nelson, will present new computer simulations of how planetary systems form. They find that, in the early stages of planetary formation, giant protoplanets migrate inward, locked into mutual orbital resonances, towards the central star....

Following directions found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, archaeologists have discovered the latrines used by the sect that produced the scrolls, discovering that efforts to achieve ritual purity inadvertently exposed members to intestinal parasites that shortened their lifespan. The discover...

Big bang flashgun to snap atomic anatomy A strange state of matter that dominated the early universe could be used to create ultra-fast flashes of radiation, brief enough to capture what's going on inside atomic nuclei. To take snapshots of rapid processes you need brief flashes of light. Until now...

The Girgenti (L6) meteorite fell in Sicilia, Italy, on the 10th February, 1853. A total mass of 18 kg was recovered. 37° 19'N, 13° 34'E

The Gursum (H4/5) meteorite fell in Harerge, Ethiopia, on the 10th February, 1981. A total mass of 34.65 kg was recovered. 9° 22'N, 42° 25'E

The lunar eclipse is visible from Africa, Americas and most of Asia on the 10th/11th February 2017. Start of the Penumbral lunar eclipse is at 22:32 UT, 10th February 2017 Start of the Total penumbral lunar eclipse is at 00:30 UT, 11th February 2017 Maximum of the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse is at 00:44 UT...

Of the over 200 globular star clusters that orbit the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy, 47 Tucanae, or NGC 104, is the second brightest globular cluster, behind Omega Centauri. 47 Tuc is 20,000 light years away and can be seen near the [url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?f...