* Astronomy

NGC 1549 (also ESO 157-16 and PGC 14757) is a magnitude +9.8 elliptical galaxy located 58 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado. The galaxy forms an interactive pair with the distant NGC 1553. The galaxy was likely first dicovered by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a h...

ATel 9822: ASASSN-16nt: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in CGCG 068-029

ATel 9823: Swift BAT Observations of the Be/X-ray Binary 4U 0728-25 (X 0726-260)

The 160 - 350 metre wide asteroid 2005 WS3 will make a close pass (48.0 lunar distances, 0.1234 AU), travelling at 15.86 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th November, 2011 @ 17:41 UT ±08:17. See more The Lunar Di...

Dundee the new home for four-billion-year-old Strathmore Meteorite Leisure and Culture Dundee has been revealed as the successful bidder for a piece of the Strathmore Meteorite, which recently came up for auction in Edinburgh. The National Fund for Acquisitions covered half the £3,200 auction...

ATel 9817: A New NIR Flare of the QSO PMNJ2301-0157

ATel 9819: Spectroscopic Classification of SN2016igr as a Normal Type Ia Supernova

NGC 884 is an open cluster located 7600 light years away in the constellation of Perseus. Read more

New Hubble images have provided a dramatic glimpse of a large massive galaxy under assembly as smaller galaxies merge. This has commonly been thought to be the way galaxies grew in the young Universe, but now Hubble observations of the radio galaxy MRC 1138-262, nicknamed the “Spiderweb Galaxy”, h...

The ship-burial discovered under Mound 1 on the 26th July 1939 contained one of the most magnificent archaeological finds in England for its size and completeness, far-reaching connections, the quality and beauty of its contents, and for the profound interest it generated. Read more

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ATel 9814: MASTER-OAFA: XMM source's bright optical outburst discovery

ATel 9815: ASASSN-16of: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in ESO 087-IG 041

Launch of the Progress 65P aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur is at 14:52 UT, 1st December 2016. Read more

Dancing with the Stars - Buzz Aldrin Astronaut, scientist/inventor, bestselling author, advocate for man's future in space, Buzz Aldrin is considered one of the greatest heroes of space exploration. Named after Aldrin are Asteroid "6470 Aldrin," "Aldrin Crater" on the m...