* Astronomy

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute invites members of the community to the Hirsch Observatory to view planets, stars, and galaxies with the observatorys 16-inch telescope. The observatory will be open to the public every Saturday evening through November from 8-10 p.m. as part of its annual open...

A magnitude 14.9 supernova, 2009Y, was discovered on the 1st February, 2009, by Martin Perth Observatory (LOSS) in the Seyfert, barred spiral galaxy, NGC 5728, in the constellation Libra. The supernova is located 9" east and 25" north from the center of the galaxy. As yet the type is unk...

Title: A Spitzer Study of Comets 2P/Encke, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Authors: Michael S. Kelley, Charles E. Woodward, David E. Harker, Diane H. Wooden, Robert D. Gehrz, Humberto Campins, Martha S. Hanner, Susan M. Lederer, David J. Osip, Jana...

Title: HD60532, a planetary system in a 3:1 mean motion resonance Authors: J. Laskar, A.C.M. Correia In a recent paper it was reported a planetary system around the star HD60532, composed by two giant planets in a possible 3:1 mean motion resonance, that should be confirmed within the next decade. H...

Title: The He-rich core-collapse supernova 2007Y: Observations from X-ray to Radio Wavelengths Authors: Maximilian Stritzinger, Paolo Mazzali, Mark M. Phillips, Stefan Immler, Alicia Soderberg, Jesper Sollerman, Luis Boldt, Jonathan Braithwaite, Peter Brown, Christopher R. Burns, Carl...

An asteroid whizzing around the sun between Mars and Jupiter has officially been named North Dakota, making the state one of the few with such a heavenly distinction. University of North Dakota graduate student Vishnu Reddy discovered the celestial rock in 2003, using a telescope at an observator...

B80, boron buckyball A new study by Rice University scientists predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms. The research, which has been published online and is due to appear as an editor's selection in Physical Review Letters, was c...

Some three million times a year, researchers, educators, and amateur astronomers all over the world ask NASA's SkyView virtual observatory to serve up images of some interesting corner of the cosmos. Since 1994, this digital archive has made access to and manipulation of celestial surveys its sp...

Asteroid 2009 CA3 = 9C08FE9 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 CA3 Earth MOID = 0.0822 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 355.20192 (2000.0) P Q n 0.41259176 Peri. 136.29264 +0.71727740 -0.67323487 a 1.7869909 Node 266.94378 +0.57959301 +0.71956536 e 0.5967997 Incl. 10.36327 +0.38676...

Asteroid 2009 CZ2 = 9C9697C (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 CZ2 Earth MOID = 0.0949 AU Epoch 2009 Jan. 29.0 TT = JDT 2454860.5 MPC M 5.15503 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25412210 Peri. 91.01628 +0.29371577 -0.95142193 a 2.4685452 Node 341.09600 +0.72377331 +0.28445647 e 0.7010881 Incl. 16.56040 +0.62440630...

Asteroid 2009 CY2 = 9C08B24 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 CY2 Epoch 2009 Jan. 29.0 TT = JDT 2454860.5 MPC M 349.36716 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22136193 Peri. 117.70992 -0.89173663 -0.12084542 a 2.7064547 Node 58.55772 -0.17983348 -0.78971249 e 0.5056916 Incl. 30.74248 +0.41528990 -0.60145704 P 4.45...

Asteroid 2009 CX2 = BO41348 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 CX2 Earth MOID = 0.0541 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 350.53501 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26613374 Peri. 89.76850 -0.12562741 -0.99204130 a 2.3936984 Node 7.46447 +0.88229563 -0.11562743 e 0.6111639 Incl. 3.74022 +0.45362118 -...

On 2009 Jan 29 UT, 2009, the 65 km diameter asteroid (271) Penthesilea occulted a 11.9 mag star in the constellation Cancer. Occultation by asteroid 271 Penthesilea Click to Play | View Details Asteroidal occultation of a 11.9 magnitude star by a 13.9 magnitude asteroid. During the event, a late gr...

Roter Kamm is a meteorite crater, located within the Namibian section of the Namib Desert. It is 2.5 km in diameter and is 130 meters (400 feet) deep. The age is estimated to be 3.7 ± 0.3 million years placing it in the Pliocene. Read more [url...

Korean researchers develop 'fast tracking' telescope-camera Researchers said Tuesday that they have developed a telescope-camera combination that can instantly track and film events that occur without prior warning, Yonhap News reported. The Ewha Womans University team led by Park Il-hung...