* Astronomy

ATel 9565: MAXI/GSC detection of renewed activity of the short X-ray transient MAXI J1957+032

Geologists find cause of Limpopo mystery 'volcano' For months residents of Limpopo's Sehlakwane village have lived in fear that a mystery fire will return and wipe them out. The villagers' fears began earlier this year when a wetland in the centre of their village dried up. But within weeks the grou...

Volcanoes in Ethiopia Shook Up Early Human Evolution Dramatic and rapid changes from volcanic activity in Ethiopia appear to have set the stage for the emergence of Homo sapiens around 200,000 years ago. The first known fossil evidence for our species was unearthed there, where explosive volcani...

ATel 9645: Spectroscopic observation of CSS161010 and SN2016gxp by NUTS (NOT Un-biased Transient Survey)

ATel 9538: ASAS-SN Discovery of A Likely Galactic Nova ASASSN-16kt at V=9.1

Gibeon is a meteorite fallen in prehistoric times in Namibia. It was named after the nearest town: Gibeon (Namibia). Read more Iron Meteorite Gibeon -- with patina crust and Thumbprint Click to Play | View Details [url=htt...

Toddler stars' baby fat kicks out almost all their exoplanets Single-exoplanet systems may be the fault of their stars. Recent studies have shown an overabundance of these singleton planets among the thousands seen by the Kepler space telescope, compared with the numbers computer models predic...

ATel 9643: MASTER-OAFA discovery: dwarf nova outburst

NGC 110 (also OCL 300) is a magnitude +14.1 open star cluster located in the constellation Cassiopeia. The brightest star is at magnitude +9.7 The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slough on th...

ATel 8042: Bright, High-Amplitude, Young CV Discovered by ASAS-SN

NASA TV Coverage Set for Orbital ATK Resupply Mission to Space Station NASA commercial cargo provider Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch its sixth mission to the International Space Station at 9:13 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 13. Live launch coverage will begin at 8:15 p.m. on NASA Television and the ag...

Title: Lepton Number-Driven Sterile Neutrino Production in the Early Universe Authors: Chad T. Kishimoto, George M. Fuller We examine medium-enhanced, neutrino scattering-induced decoherent production of dark matter candidate sterile neutrinos in the early universe. In cases with a signi...

The Zaoyang (H5) meteorite fell in Hubei, China, on the 18th October, 1984. A total mass of 14.25 kg was recovered. 32° 18'N, 112° 45'E

The Delhi (L5) meteorite fell in Delhi, India, on the 18th October, 1897. A total mass of 0.8 g was recovered. 28° 34'N, 77° 15'E

NASA Airborne Science Campaign Begins Antarctic Sequel Scientists returned this week to the Southern Hemisphere where NASA's Operation IceBridge mission is set to begin its second year of airborne surveys over Antarctica. The mission monitors the region's changing sea ice, ice sheets and glac...