* Astronomy

NGC 5328 (also ESO 445-67, MCG -5-33-28, and PGC 49307) is a magnitude +11.7 elliptical galaxy located 218 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windso...

The President of the Mineralogical Society of America, Douglas Rumble, III, of the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, describes new techniques, used on minerals, to reveal the steps that led to evolution of the atmosphere on Earth. "Rocks, fossils, and other natural relics h...

Northwest Africa 7635 (NWA 7635) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2012 May Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite) History: Purchased near Dakhla, Morocco in May 2012 by Ali and Mohammed Hmani. Physical characteristics: A single black, partly fusion crusted stone (195.8 g), containi...

China says its trial launch of DF-5C missile normal It is normal for China to carry out scheduled scientific research and tests within the Chinese territory and the tests don't target any specific country or object, China's Ministry of National Defence said on Feb. 3 in a written statement. Read mor...

Title: KELT-18b: Puffy Planet, Hot Host, Probably Perturbed Author: Kim K. McLeod, Joseph E. Rodriguez, Ryan J. Oelkers, Karen A. Collins, Allyson Bieryla, Benjamin J. Fulton, Keivan G. Stassun, B. Scott Gaudi, Kaloyan Penev, Daniel J. Stevens, Knicole D. Colón, Joshua Pepper, Norio Narita, Ry...

ATel 8054: Nova V5668 Sgr (N Sgr 2015 no. 2) enters the super-soft X-ray phase

Title: Gaia 1 and 2. A pair of new satellites of the Galaxy Author: S. E. Koposov (1), V. Belokurov (1), G. Torrealba (1) ((1) Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge) We present the results of the very first search for faint Milky Way satellites in the Gaia data. Using stellar positions only,...

Bright Green Fireball over Wisconsin and Illinois The AMS has received over 185 reports so far (and counting...) about of a fireball event over seen over Wisconsin on Monday, February 6th 2017 around 01:27CST (07:27 UT.). The green fireball was seen primarily from Illinois and Wisconsin but witne...

XJ1500+0154: Black Hole Meal Sets Record for Length and Size A trio of X-ray observatories has captured a remarkable event in their data: a decade-long binge by a black hole almost two billion light years away. This discovery was made using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, Swift Observa...

Nesta Robert "Bob" Marley, OM (6 February 1945 - 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. Read more

With the help of a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater physics professor and two recent graduates, crucial information has been gathered about a giant cloud of hydrogen gas headed toward the Milky Way Galaxy. The information was gathered by Assistant Professor of Physics Robert Benjamin, and re...

ATel 9677: SMC X-3 - an exceptionally bright extended outburst

The Moon and Aldebaran captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and and Canon EOS350D camera.

ATel 10052: Spectroscopic Classification of SN 2017aas as a Type Ia Supernova

handheld Afocal image captured with a an iphone and 8" f5 reflector.