* Astronomy

Title: MASTER OT J190519.41+301524.4: New Eclipsing Cataclysmic Variable of VY Scl Type Author: F. Martinelli, D. V. Denisenko MASTER OT J190519.41+301524.4 was discovered as an optical transient of 15.7m by the Mobile Astronomical System of TElescope-Robots in March 2014. We report the resu...

Archaeologists have discovered a massive 6th-century Indian pyramid beneath the site of a centuries old re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ. Built on a hillside by the mysterious Teotihuacan culture, the pyramid was abandoned almost 1,000 years before Catholics began re-enacting t...

ATel 9571: ASASSN-16la: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in 2MASXi J0229172+180515

ATel 9569: Classification of SN 2016gmg (=PTSS-16opy), as a Type Ia Supernova

Ouarkziz impact structure Algeria Diameter: 3.5 km Age: 70.00 million years Expand (77kb, 800 x 600) Latitude 29° 0'42.29"N, Longitude 7°33'5.99"W Ouarkziz is a meteorite impact crater in Al...

Asteroid 487 Venetia (1902 JL) is a type S asteroid (Tholen, 1989). It has a diameter of 64.2km ±3.1km and albedo of 0.2457 with an absolute magnitude of 8.21V. The asteroid was discovered by Luigi Carnera on the 9th July, 1902. CCD observations in V of the asteroid 487 Venetia were made at the NF/ Obser...

ATel 9568: ASASSN-16kz: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in ESO 555-G029

This unmagnified view of Saturn's moon Dione shows the moon's bright, wispy terrain, along with several large impact craters. Two of the craters have central peaks. Dione is 1,118 kilometres across. North o...

ALMA Catches Stellar Cocoon with Curious Chemistry A hot and dense mass of complex molecules, cocooning a newborn star, has been discovered by a Japanese team of astronomers using ALMA. This unique hot molecular core is the first of its kind to have been detected outside the Milky Way galaxy. It has a...

The Naoki (H6) meteorite fell in Maharashtra, India, on the 29th September, 1928. A total mass of 17 kg was recovered. 19° 15'N, 77° 0'E

Author: Arlie O. Petters My research deals with the mathematical and physical aspects of gravitational lensing, which is the action of gravity on light. In a typical gravitational lensing scenario, light originates from a distant source like a star, galaxy, or quasar, and experiences deflectio...

ATel 9559: H-alpha confirmation of the probable nova M31N 2016-09b

ATel 9545: Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31

Title: WR 148: Identifying the companion of an extreme runaway massive binary Author: Melissa Munoz, Anthony F.J. Moffat, Grant M. Hill, Tomer Shenar, Noel D. Richardson, Herbert Pablo, Nicole St-Louis, Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa WR 148 (HD 197406) is an extreme runaway system considered to be a p...

Title: Planetary Construction Zones in Occultation: Eclipses by Circumsecondary and Circumplanetary Disks and a Candidate Eclipse of a Pre-Main Sequence Star in Sco-Cen Authors: Eric E. Mamajek, Alice C. Quillen, Mark Pecaut, Fred Moolekamp, Erin L. Scott, Matthew Kenworthy, Andrew Collier...