A Russian Soyuz rocket is scheduled to launch Expedition 46 to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:03 UT, 15th December 2015
Title: Asteroid secular dynamics: Ceres' fingerprint identified Author: Bojan Novakovic, Clara Maurel, Georgios Tsirvoulis, Zoran Knezevic Here we report on the significant role of a so far overlooked dynamical aspect, namely a secular resonance between the dwarf planet Ceres and other aste...
NGC 5523 (also IRAS 14125 + 2533, MCG 4-34-8, UGC 9119 and PGC 50895) is a magnitude +12.9 edge-on spiral galaxy located 48 million light-years away in the constellation Bootes. It forms an almost equilateral triangle with the galaxies NGC 5466 and NGC 5641 The galaxy was discovered by German-Briti...
Title: Planetary Trojans - the main source of short period comets? Authors: Jonathan Horner, Patryk Sofia Lykawka We present a short review of the impact regime experienced by the terrestrial planets within our own Solar system, describing the three populations of potentially hazardous object...
A magnitude 12.6 supernova, 2008bk, was discovered on the 25th March, 2008, by Berto Monard in the spiral galaxy NGC 7793 in the constellation Sculptor. The supernova is located 26" east and 138" north of the nucleus of the gal...
NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Discovers Extraordinary New Planetary System Scientists using NASA's Kepler, a space telescope, recently discovered six planets made of a mix of rock and gases orbiting a single sun-like star, known as Kepler-11, which is located approximately 2,000 light years from E...
Title: OJ 287 binary black hole system Authors: Mauri Valtonen, Stefano Ciprini The light curve of the quasar OJ 287 extends from 1891 up today without major gaps. Here we summarise the results of the 2005 - 2010 observing campaign. The main results are the following: (1) The 2005 October optical out...
Title: EPIC 220504338b: A dense hot-Jupiter transiting a solar analogue Author: Néstor Espinoza, Markus Rabus, Rafael Brahm, Matías Jones, Andrés Jordán, Felipe Rojas, Holger Drass, Maja Vuckovic, Joel D. Hartman, James S. Jenkins, Cristián Cortés We present the discovery of EPIC 220504338b...
Title: Discovery of a massive variable star with Z=Zo/36 in the galaxy DDO 68 Authors: S. A. Pustilnik (1), A. L. Tepliakova (1), A. Y. Kniazev (2 and 1), A. N. Burenkov (1) ((1) Special Astrophysical Observatory RAS, Russia, (2) SAAO, South Africa) The Local Volume dwarf galaxy DDO 68, from the spect...
Title: WASP-20b and WASP-28b: a hot Saturn and a hot Jupiter in near-aligned orbits around solar-type stars Author: D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, C. Hellier, M. Lendl, T. A. Lister, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Queloz, B. Smalley, A. M. Smith, A. H. M. J. Triaud, D. J. A. Brown, M. Gillon, M. Neveu-VanMall...
Helium-Shrouded Planets May Be Common in Our Galaxy They wouldn't float like balloons or give you the chance to talk in high, squeaky voices, but planets with helium skies may constitute an exotic planetary class in our Milky Way galaxy. Researchers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope p...
Title: Chromosphere to 1 AU Simulation of the 2011 March 7th Event: A Comprehensive Study of Coronal Mass Ejection Propagation Author: M. Jin, W. B. Manchester, B. van der Holst, I. Sokolov, G. Toth, A. Vourlidas, C. A. de Koning, T. I. Gombosi We perform and analyse results of a global magnetohydrod...
