* Astronomy

This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is part of the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy, one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. [url=http://antwrp.gsfc.n...

The Zebrak (H5) meteorite fell in Stredocesky, Czech Republic, on the 14th October, 1824. A total mass of 2 kg was recovered. 49° 53'N, 13° 55'E

Carbon release to atmosphere 10 times faster than in the past The rate of release of carbon into the atmosphere today is nearly 10 times as fast as during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 55.9 million years ago, the best analogy we have for current global warming, according to an intern...

Space Station Cameras Capture New Views of Hurricane Nicole Spoiler

Meteorite found in Xinjiang Astronomers inspect a big stony-iron meteorite that was found in Altay prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on July 17, 2011. The above-earth part of the rock is 2.2 meters long and 1.25 meters tall, with a width of 1.2 meters (average data). Its weight is estim...

Defence analysts say the long-lasting, plutonium-powered batteries the Department of Energy wants to produce at a new $300 million facility in Idaho could eventually wind up in everything from space-based satellite killers to battlefield laptop computers. That's contrary to how the agen...

NGC 4454 (also MCG 0-32-14, PGC 41083 and UGC 7606) is a magnitude +11.9 face-on barred Spiral Galaxy located 111 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo . The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at W...

Challenger Astronauts Memorialised on the Moon[url=http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/articles/challenger-astr...

The Cold Bokkeveld (CM2) meteorite fell in Western Cape, South Africa, on the 13th October, 1838. A total mass of 5.2 kg was recovered. 33° 8'S, 19° 23'E

An experiment to search in space for dark matter, missing matter & antimatter on the international space station. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station Author...

Title: Giant outburst of EXO 2030+375: pulse-phase resolved analysis of INTEGRAL data Authors: D. Klochkov, A. Santangelo, R. Staubert, C. Ferrigno In June-September 2006 the Be/X-ray binary EXO 2030+375 experienced the second giant outburst since its discovery. The source was shown to have a...

Four years after its first flight, the team prepares the Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory on a new mission After about two months of preparations at Kiruna in northern Sweden the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise is now ready to fly: Just one last rehearsal on the ground is still pend...

Buried glaciers on Mars This jumble of eroded blocks lies along the distinctive boundary between the Red Planet's southern highlands and the northern lowlands, with remnants of ancient glaciers flowing around them. Read more

12-metre asteroid 2016 TS54 passed 0.2x lunar distances from the Earth (~48,000 miles) on Oct 10th at 4:21 UT: https://t.co/PCKejaQxLM pic.twitter.com/U5ibLYJ4Go Dave Dickinson (@Astroguyz) October 13, 2016

Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), nicknamed Micius or Mozi in honour of a fifth century BC Chinese philosopher, lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle at 1:40 AM local time (17:40 UTC) August 16, 2016. The satellite is in a 50...