* Astronomy

ATel 9749: Discovery of ATLAS16dvr (==AT2016iae) in NGC1532: a probably young and nearby supernova

Image of sunspot 12608 captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount and Baader solar filter. Prime focus. Clear Sky. Processed in Paint Shop Pro.

ATel 9747: MASTER-Tunka: bright 6mag ampl dwarf nova outburst and OT from MASTER-SAAO

ATel 9746: Spectroscopic Classification of SN 2016hvu as a Young Type IIP Supernova

ATel 9737: Discovery of a Probable Nova in M81

China launches Yunhai-1 meteorological satellite China sent into space a meteorological satellite, Yunhai-1, at 7:14 a.m. Saturday from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's gobi desert. Yunhai-1 was carried by a Long March-2D rocket, the 240th mission for the Long March ro...

The Granes (L6) meteorite fell in Languedoc-Roussillon, France, on the 13th November, 1964. A total mass of 9 kg was recovered. 42° 54'N, 2° 15'E

The Galim (b) (EH3) meteorite fell in Adamoua, Cameroon, on the 13th November, 1952. A total mass of 28 g was recovered. 7° 3'N, 12° 26'E

The Galim (a) (LL6) meteorite fell in Adamoua, Cameroon, on the 13th November, 1952. A total mass of 36.1 g was recovered. 7° 3'N, 12° 26'E

The Alberta (L) meteorite fell in Haut-Zaire, Congo - Dem. Rep., on the 13th November, 1949. A total mass of 625 g was recovered. 2° 0'N, 22° 40'E

Experts of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the European Space Agency (ESA) are discussing the possibility of a joint space expedition to Venus. Read more

Title: On the Light Curves of AM CVn Author: J. Smak Light curves of AM CVn are analysed by decomposing them into their Fourier components. The amplitudes of the fundamental mode and overtones of the three components: the superhumps, the negative superhumps and the orbital variations, are found to...

Myanmar debris: 'Mystery object lands at jade mine' A large metal object has fallen from the sky into a jade mining area in north Myanmar, state media say. The cylindrical object, found on Thursday in Kachin state, is 4.5m long and 1.2m wide. Another piece of metal with Chinese writing on it tore throu...

The ill-fated Beagle 2 Mars probe should never have been given the go-ahead, says a powerful MPs' committee. The much-hyped probe was "doomed from the start", the public accounts committee said while criticising the management of civil space activities. The projects, in par...

A single olive branch may have solved one of ancient history's most enduring mysteries - when and why did the great Minoan civilisation of the Mediterranean come to a sudden end? The olive branch was buried alive during a cataclysmic volcanic eruption on the Aegean island of Thera - now known as S...