* Astronomy

Title: The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program: Discovery of the Most Distant Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy in the Local Universe Author: Myung Gyoon Lee, In Sung Jang, Rachael Beaton, Mark Seibert, Giuseppe Bono, Barry Madore Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs) are the faintest known galaxies and due t...

SpaceX rocket set to return to flight The American SpaceX rocket company is hoping to resume flights on Saturday. It is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 vehicle from the Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast. It would be the first mission undertaken by the company since one of its vehicles ex...

NGC 1201 (also ESO 480-28, MCG-4-8-23 and PGC 11559) is a magnitude +10.64 elliptical galaxy located 77 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. The galaxy is less than 30' south of the magnitude +7.5 star HD 19225. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Hers...

Launch of Japans NanoSat Launcher with TRICOM-1 on SS-520 Rocket Spoiler Ed ~ aborted soon after launch

NGC 2337 (also UGC 3711, MCG 7-15-10, CGCG 205-23, KUG 0706 +445, IRAS 07066 +4432) is a magnitude +12.4 irregular galaxy located 23.84 million light-years away in the constellation Lynx. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting teles...

The Benton (LL6) meteorite fell in New Brunswick, Canada, on the 16th January, 1949. A total mass of 2.84 kg was recovered. 45° 57'N, 67° 33'W

The Ucera (H5) meteorite fell in Falcon, Venezuela, on the 16th January, 1970. A total mass of 4.59 kg was recovered. 11° 3'N, 69° 51'W

ATel 9962: FLOYDS Classification of PS17hj/AT 2017jd as a Type Ia Supernova Near Peak

Image of sunspot 12625 captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and Vesta pro webcam.

Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, novelist, screenwriter, and performance artist. She is best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and for voicing Angela in Family Guy. She is also known for her bestselling novel Postcards f...

NGC 4634 (also UGC 7875, IRAS 12401 +1434, MCG 3-32-86, PGC 42707) is a magnitude +12.4 edge-on barred spiral galaxy located 70 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13...

The Bjelaja Zerkov (H6) meteorite fell in Kiev, Ukraine, on the 15th January, 1796. A total mass of 1850 g was recovered. 49° 47'N, 30° 10'E

The Planeta Rica (ordinary chondrite?) meteorite fell in Las Chiquita, Planeta Rica, Cordoba, Colombia, on the 15th January, 2013. A total mass of 1000 g was recovered. 8° 19' 59.88 "N, 75° 34' 0.16" W Revuelo en Planeta Rica por caída de un meteorito Una piedra negra y porosa Cayo del ciel...

Mu Herculis is a nearest star system about 27.4 light years from Earth in the constellation Hercules. Its main star, Mu Herculis A (possibly a binary) is fairly similar to the Sun although more highly evolved. Its mass is about 1.1 times that of the Sun, and it is beginning to expand to become a giant. [u...

EETA 79001, also known as Elephant Moraine 79001, is a Martian meteorite. It was found in Elephant Moraine, in the Antarctic during the 19791980 collecting season. EETA 79001 was discovered at the Elephant Moraine, near Reckling Peak, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Read more