* Astronomy

A section of a Chinese scientific satellite that was returning from orbit crashed into a four-story building in Penglai, southwest China's Sichuan Province, October 15, 2004. No one was injured in the accident. Read more

The Ilimaes (Iron) meteorite was found in Atacama, Chile, in 1870 (?). A total mass of 51.7 kg was recovered. 26°S, 70°W

The Finmarken (Pallasite) meteorite was found in Finnmark, Norway, in September 1902. A total mass of 78.3 kg was recovered. 70°N, 24°E It is speculated that the Marjalathi Pallasite that fell on lake Ladoga in Karelia, Russia on the 1st June 1902, may be related. Calculations of its path indicat...

The Morradal (Iron) meteorite was found in Oppland, Norway, on the 29th July 1892. A total mass of 2.75 kg was recovered. The meteorite is now at the Natural History Museum in Oslo. 62° 0'N, 7° 40'E

The Leikanger (L6) meteorite was found in Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway, on the 22nd July 1978. A total mass of 1513 g was recovered. The meteorite was donated by Liv and Knut Eldholm to the Natural History Museum in Oslo. 61° 16'N, 6° 51'E

The Viksdalen (Eucrite) meteorite was found in Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway, on the 4th July 1992. A total mass of 470 g was recovered. The meteorite was donated by Steffan and Oddmund Hatlestad to the Natural History Museum in Oslo. 61° 2'N, 6° 3'E

The Svartekari (H5) meteorite was found in Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway, on the 6th October 2001. A total mass of 715 g was recovered. Location ?

The Setesdal (H5) meteorite was found in Setesdalsheiene Valle, Norway, on the 9th June 2013. A total mass of 4.466 kg was recovered. Location ?

The Oterøy (L6) meteorite fell in Telemark, Norway, on the 15th October, 1928. A total mass of 246 g was recovered. 58° 53'N, 9° 24'E

A 2016/10/14 21:28 pic.twitter.com/txaz8xexQZ(@KenichiKadota) October 14, 2016

A 2016/10/14 21:28 pic.twitter.com/txaz8xexQZ(@KenichiKadota) October 14, 2016

ATel 9625: GRS 1758-258 not detected at hard X-rays

Title: NOTE: Explaining why the Uranian satellites have equatorial prograde orbits despite the large planetary obliquity Authors: Alessandro Morbidelli, Kleomenis Tsiganis, Konstantin Batygin, Aurelien Crida, Rodney Gomes We show that the existence of prograde equatorial satellites is c...

Joseph Leon Birman (21st May 1927 - 1st October 2016) was an American theoretical solid state physicist .

Title: The Multiple Young Stellar Objects of HBC 515: An X-ray and Millimeter-wave Imaging Study in (Pre-main Sequence) Diversity Author: D. A. Principe, G. G. Sacco, J. H. Kastner, D. Wilner, B. Stelzer, G. Micela We present Chandra X-ray Observatory and Submillimeter Array (SMA) imaging of HBC...

Title: Spitzer Observations of Bok Globule B335: Isolated Star Formation Efficiency and Cloud Structure Authors: Amelia M. Stutz, Mark Rubin, Michael W. Werner, George H. Rieke, John H. Bieging, Jocelyn Keene, Miju Kang, Yancy L. Shirley, K. Y. L. Su, Thangasamy Velusamy, David J. Wilner We pres...