* Astronomy

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ATel 9927: ASASSN-16po and ASASSN-16pp: Discovery of Probable Supernovae in AM 0204-600 and GALEXASC J234236.73-454123.7

ATel 9939: ASASSN-17ac: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in 2MASX J14342552-3828081

Scientific expedition team give New Year greeting on icebreaker Xuelong Read more

ATel 9942: Spectroscopic confirmation and photometry of the nova candidate M31N 2016-12e

ATel 9941: Spectroscopic confirmation and photometry of the nova candidate M31N 2016-12d

UK military to build prototype 'laser weapon' The UK Ministry of Defence has officially awarded a £30m contract to produce a prototype laser weapon. The aim is to see whether "directed energy" technology could benefit the armed forces, and is to culminate in a demonstration of the system in 2019. Re...

NASA Selects Mission to Study Black Holes, Cosmic X-ray Mysteries NASA has selected a science mission that will allow astronomers to explore, for the first time, the hidden details of some of the most extreme and exotic astronomical objects, such as stellar and supermassive black holes, neutron s...

Title: Optical Spectroscopy of the environment of a ULX in NGC 7331 Authors: Pavel K. Abolmasov, Douglas A. Swartz, S. Fabrika, Kajal K. Ghosh, O. Sholukhova, Allyn F. Tennant Optical photometric and spectroscopic data are presented that show an association of an ultraluminous X-ray source in NG...

Title: New Evidence of Magnetic Interactions between Stars from 3D Doppler Tomography of Algol Binaries: Beta Per and RS Vul Authors: Mercedes T. Richards, Michail I. Agafonov, Olga I. Sharova Time-resolved H-alpha spectra of magnetically-active interacting binaries have been used to create...

Unusual gas filaments surround the galaxy NGC 1275. NGC 1275 is the central dominant galaxy of the Perseus Cluster of Galaxies, a cluster with many member galaxies visible in this image. [url=htt...

Two panel photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam.

Messier 80 (also known as M80 or NGC 6093) is a magnitude +7.87 globular cluster located 32,600 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. The cluster was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier using a 10 cm (4 inch) refracting telescope at the Hôtel de Cluny (now the Musée national...

Update from SpaceX Between the Falcon 1 return to flight, Falcon 9 development and the NASA COTS program, has been an inordinately busy period for SpaceX. The f...

Laba': counting-down to China's most important Spring Festival In several days, or on Jan. 5, 2017, people will be able to get free "Laba" porridge at many temples like Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing. Otherwise, people could also enjoy the porridge at those time-honored restaurants like Huguo...