* Astronomy

Asteroid (2041) Lancelot, at mag 17.5, occults the star HD 352 in the constellation Pisces at ~18:41, 20th December 2016. Duration: 1.1 seconds. See more

Asteroid (68) Leto is at opposition on the 10th June, 2010. (V = 10.4) Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2010 06 05 17 18.94 -30 20.0 1.688 2.693 170.0 3.8 10.5 2010 06 10 17 13.79 -30 29.5 1.674 2.684 172.5 2.8 10.4 2010 06 15 17 08.54 -30 36.5 1.666 2.674 171.0 3.4 10.4 2010 06 20 17 03....

Title: Red Supergiants in the Disk of M81: Tracing the Spatial Distribution of Star Formation 25 Million Years in the Past Authors: T. J. Davidge Near-infrared images are used to investigate the brightest red stars in the disk of the nearby spiral galaxy M81. Red supergiants...

ATel 9875: ASASSN-16ov: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in NPM1G +01.0158

Mexicos so-called "Fire Volcano" erupted today spewing lava and glowing rocks in its biggest explosion since 1999. A huge grey column of smoke billowed into the evening air from a crater of the 3860m volcano in the western state of Colima, according to television images. The "[...

Atlas V EchoStar XIX Live Launch Broadcast Spoiler ULA's live launch broadcast of the Atlas V rocket launching the EchoStar XIX satellite

ATel 9871: Spectroscopic classification of CSS161106:231233+092930 as a Type Ia supernova

Title: Using Chandra to Unveil the High-Energy Properties of the High-Magnetic Field Radio Pulsar J1119-6127 Authors: Samar Safi-Harb, Harsha S. Kumar PSR J1119-6127 is a high magnetic field (B=4.1E13 Gauss), young (<=1,700 year-old), and slow (P=408 ms) radio pulsar associated with the s...

On June 19, 1974, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that retired restaurant-owner Isaac Piha used the 'Heimlich Manoeuvre' to rescue choking victim Irene Bogachus in Bellevue, Washington. Abdominal thrusts, also known as the Heimlich Manoeuvre (after Henry Heimlich, who first descri...

Fermi Lab Co-Founder, Physicist Dr. Edwin Goldwasser Dies Dr. Edwin Goldwasser, a co-founder of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and one of the world's most prominent physicists who spent decades at the University of Illinois, has died at the age of 97. Read more

Anne Frank's diary removed from website The Diary of Anne Frank has been removed from book repository Wikisource after the site became aware it had fallen foul of copyright law. The site briefly hosted a digital copy of Het Achterhuis, the first version of the diary compiled by Anne's father Otto, wh...

MyShake quake app invites public testing Known as MyShake, it can sense an earthquake even when the cell device is being carried in a pocket or a bag. The researchers want users to download the app, in the first instance, to help test and improve its capabilities. But ultimately the idea is that recrui...

IC 5201 (also ESO 289-18, IRAS 22179-4617 and PGC 68618) is a magnitude +10.8 barred spiral galaxy located 42 million light-years away in the constellation Grus. It is an active Seyfert type 2 galaxy. The galaxy was discovered by the British/South African astronomer Joseph Lunt using a 18-inch f/1...

Scientists find eruption at undersea volcano - after forecasting the event A team of scientists just discovered a new eruption of Axial Seamount, an undersea volcano located about 250 miles off the Oregon coast - and one of the most active and intensely studied seamounts in the world. What makes the...

ATel 9859: ASASSN-16oh: An Unusual Transient in the Vicinity of the SMC