Himalia is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter, the sixth largest overall in size, and the fifth largest in mass. (Only the four Galilean moons of Jupiter have greater mass.) It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory on 3 December 1904 and is named after the nymph Him...
Bright radio burst detected by Parkes telescope sheds light on the Universe's cosmic web An ultra-bright cosmic flash of radio waves from a galaxy far, far away has given scientists an unprecedented view of what lies between galaxies in the Universe. For nearly a decade, researchers have been dete...
Galileo system status Next Thursday 17 November at 10.06 Kourou Time/14.06 CET an Ariane 5 will launch Galileo satellites for the first time. Equipped with a specially designed dispenser, the European launcher will deploy four satellites: Galileo Sat 15,16,17 and 18. Read more
'Roundest known space object' identified Kepler 11145123 is a distant, slowly rotating star that's more than twice the size of the Sun. Researchers were able to show that the difference between its radius as measured to the equator and the radius measured to the poles was just 3km. Read more
Title: A low-mass-ratio and deep contact binary as the progenitor of the merger V1309 Sco Author: Li-Ying Zhu, Er-Gang Zhao, Xiao Zhou Nova Sco 2008 (=V1309 Sco) is an example of a V838 Mon type eruption rather than a typical classical nova. This enigmatic object was recently shown to have resulted f...
Title: Luminous Red Nova 2015 in the Galaxy M101 Author: V.P. Goranskij, E.A. Barsukova, O.I. Spiridonova, A.F. Valeev, T.A. Fatkhullin, A.S. Moskvitin, O.V. Vozyakova, D.V. Cheryasov, B.S. Safonov, A.V. Zharova, T. Han**** We present the results of the study of the red nova PSN J14021678+5426...
Title: Discovery of a supercluster in the ZOA in Vela Author: Renée C. Kraan-Korteweg, Michelle E. Cluver, Maciej Bilicki, Thomas H. Jarrett, Matthew Colless, Hans Böhringer, Gayoung Chon We report the discovery of a potentially major supercluster that extends across the Galactic Plane in the c...
Mayan 'nesting doll pyramid' discovered in Mexico A third structure has been found within the famous Kukulkan pyramid in eastern Mexico, experts say. The 10m tall pyramid was found within two other structures that comprise the 30m pyramid at the Mayan archaeological complex known as Chichen Itza...
Great Ryburgh dig finds 81 'rare' Anglo-Saxon coffins Archaeologists have discovered 81 "extremely rare" tree-trunk coffins at a "previously unknown" early Christian Anglo-Saxon community's cemetery. Found at Great Ryburgh in Norfolk, their "remarkable preservation" was due to the waterl...
Nine panel photomoasic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount. Prime focus. Clear Sky. Very bad seeing. Processed in MS ICE and Paint Shop Pro.
Astronomers have produced a new colour map of Pluto, the most distant planet in our Solar System, using images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
The detailed map shows areas likely to be methane frost and a bright spot perhaps made of frozen carbon monoxide.
[img]http://www.geocities.com/...
Islamic State: Ancient Nimrud ruins 'bulldozed' in Iraq Islamic State (IS) militants have begun bulldozing the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, Iraqi government officials say. The ministry of tourism says IS used heavy machinery to destroy the site - one of the most celebrated jewels...
1 2 3 4 5 … 12
)
(Preview)
