* Astronomy

The 'Colford' meteorite is reported to have fallen on the 30th November 1946. The interruption of telephone communication on 30 November 1946 in the city of Colford, United Kingdom, is described in the book Threat from the Sky: Fate or Fortuity (1999). Source Ed ~ This is likely not a true meteorite,...

NASA to Launch Ocean Wind Monitor to Space Station In a clever reuse of hardware originally built to test parts of NASA's QuikScat satellite, the agency will launch the ISS-RapidScat instrument to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure ocean surface wind speed and direction. The ISS-R...

Ex-astronaut's plans to take tourists to outer atmosphere A BBC summit dedicated to exploring world-changing innovations in science, technology and health has been taking place in Sydney, Australia. Retired Nasa astronaut Ron Garan spoke at the summit about space company World View's plans to...

Title: Out-Of-Focus Holography at the Green Bank Telescope Authors: B. Nikolic, R. M. Prestage, D. S. Balser, C. J. Chandler, R. E. Hills We describe phase-retrieval holography measurements of the 100-m diameter Green Bank Telescope using astronomical sources and an ast...

Huge Crack Discovered in Antarctic Glacier A huge, emerging crack has been discovered in one of Antarctica's glaciers, with a NASA plane mission providing the first-ever detailed airborne measurements of a major iceberg breakup in progress. NASA's Operation Ice Bridge, the largest airborne su...

ATel 9799: Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31

Tonight, look towards the east-southeast about one hour after sunset, and you might catch a glimpse of the constellation Ophiuchus (the Serpent Bearer). His head is marked by the star Rasalhague. Ophiuchus is joined in legend and in the sky to the constellation Serpen...

The Mount Vaisi (Stone) meteorite fell in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, on the 29th November, 1637. A total mass of 17 kg was recovered. 44° 5'N, 6° 52'E

ATel 9798: ASASSN-16np: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in SDSS J123643.42+260647.1

ATel 9796: ASASSN-16np: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in IC 0493 ATel 9797: Correction to ATel 9796: ASASSN-16np -> ASASSN-16no/AT 2016ins

Asteroid (5143) Heracles is brigthest at 01:35 UT, 1st December, 2011. Magnitude=12.8 Distance to Earth: 0.237 AU = 92.1 lunar distances Distance to Sun: 1.118 AU Relative velocity=21.53 km/s Asteroid (5143) Heracles (1991 VL) is an Apollo asteroid, Mercury grazer, Mars crosser and near-...

NGC 895 (also known as IRAS 02191-0544, MCG-1-7-2 and PGC 8974) is a magnitude +11.7 face-on spiral galaxy located about 105 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. A region of star formation in the galaxy arm is catalogued as NGC 894. The galaxy hosted Supernova 2003id. The galaxy wa...

The Bhagur (L6) meteorite fell in Maharashtra, India, on the 27th November, 1877. A total mass of 18 g was recovered. 20° 53'N, 74° 50'E

ATel 9793: SALT spectroscopic classification of PS16fbb (= Gaia16bvg = SN 2016ick) as a type-Ia supernova at maximum light

ATel 9795: Spectroscopic Classification of SN 2016ilf as a Peculiar SN 2002cx-like Type Ia Supernova