* Astronomy

Ernest Leonard Johnson (December 28, 1891 - June 1977) was a South African astronomer, and former member of the Union Observatory in Johannesburg from which he retired in 1956. He discovered 18 asteroids between 1946 and 1951 and some comets, including periodic comet 48P/Johnson. Johnson was the...

Outer space is emerging as a possible theatre of operations for China's armed forces, an analysis published in the mass-circulation People's Daily said on Wednesday. The analysis, from a group of unidentified researchers at the National Defence University, listed space as an area where the...

China to launch spacecraft with two astronauts on Monday The manned Shenzhou-11 spacecraft will be launched on Monday, China Central Television reported. The spacecraft was transported to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on Aug 13. It will take two male astronauts into space and dock with the...

Vera (Cooper) Rubin (born July 23, 1928) is an American astronomer. She pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She is famous for uncovering the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves. This phenomenon became k...

Comet 151P/Helin is at Opposition (3.306 AU) on the 11th June 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 06 10 17 16 36.8 -17 31 09 3.3107 4.3221 174.4 1.3 22.1 2014 06 11 17 15 57.2 -17 30 36 3.3056 4.3172 174.5 1.3 22.1 2014 06 12 17 15 17.6 -17 30 04 3.3008 4.3123 174.3 1.3 22.1...

Title: A Model of White Dwarf Pulsar AR Scorpii. Author: Jin-Jun Geng, Bing Zhang, Yong-Feng Huang A 3.56-hour white dwarf (WD) - M dwarf (MD) close binary system, AR Scorpii, was recently reported to show pulsating emission in radio, IR, optical, and UV, with a 1.97-minute period, which suggests t...

ATel 9893: ASASSN-16pa and ASASSN-16pb: Discovery of Two Probable Supernovae

Uluru / Ayers Rock Northern Territory Australia Spoiler Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in cen...

The Enshi (H5) meteorite fell in Hubei, China, on the 26th December, 1974. A total mass of 8 kg was recovered. 30° 18'N, 109° 30'E

Super typhoon heads for Christmas Day blow to Philippines Nock-Ten has intensified into a super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers (108 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 215 kph (133 mph) and it heads for landfall over Cataduanes Island in the central Bicol region. It's then fore...

ATel 9898: ASASSN-16pd: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in PGC 241921

The Ulmiz (L) meteorite fell in Fribourg, Switzerland, on the 25th December, 1926. A total mass of 76.5 g was recovered. 46° 56'N, 7° 13'E

The Schönenberg (L6) meteorite fell in Bayern, Germany, on the 25th December, 1846. A total mass of 8 kg was recovered. 48° 7'N, 10° 28'E

A British-born astronaut is training at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, US, for a "return to flight" space shuttle mission to the International Space Station in September. Dr Piers Sellers, who born in Crowborough, East Sussex, and went to Cranbrook School, Kent, had his debut fligh...

Expand (131kb, 1024 x 768) Expand (96kb, 1024 x 768) The constellation Orion Date: 4:20 GMT, 17th October, 2009.