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Maxima of long period variable S Herculis on the 10th July, 2011. Magnitude: 7.6-12.6 V Period: 307.28 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 16 51 53.92 | Dec +14 56 30.6

A strong earthquake rattled Indonesia’s Sumatra island today, causing residents to flee to higher ground fearing a possible tsunami. There were no reports of casualties or damage caused by the 6.9 magnitude quake. The Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysical Agency in Jakarta said the epic...

Title: A Precambrian proximal ejecta blanket from Scotland Authors: Kenneth Amor, Stephen P. Hesselbo, Don Porcelli, Scott Thackrey, and John Parnell Ejecta blankets around impact craters are rarely preserved on Earth. Although impact craters are ubiquitous on solid bodies throughout the so...

Penumbral lunar eclipse maximum is at 18:55 UT The eclipse is visible from Africa, Antarctica, the Arctic, most of Asia, the Atlantic, Australia, Europe, the Indian and Pacific oceans and western South America Read more

Chiron, originally given the very temporary title "Slow-Moving Object Kowal", was given the provisional minor planet designation 1977 UB. Later it was given the permanent minor planet number and name (2060) Chiron. All along, there were discussions it might be a comet, and definite c...

Comet 188P/LINEAR-Mueller is at Opposition (3.343 AU) in the constellation Corona Australis on the 25th June 2015 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 06 24 18 13 23.4 -37 04 10 3.3463 4.3405 166.3 3.2 20.5 2015 06 25 18 12 35.1 -37 04 31 3.3428 4.3371 166.3 3.2 20.5 2015 06...

ATel 9491: SALT spectroscopic classification of PS16eho (= SN 2016gcr) as a type-Ia supernova after maximum light

The Lucé (L6) meteorite fell in Pays de la Loire, France, on the 13th September, 1768. A total mass of 3.5 kg was recovered. 47° 51'N, 0° 29'E

Title: SOAR observations of the high-viscosity accretion disc of the dwarf nova V4140 Sagitarii in quiescence and in outburst Author: Raymundo Baptista (1), Bernardo W. Borges (2), Alexandre S. Oliveira (3) ((1) UFSC-Florianóplis, Brazil, (2) UFSC-Araranguá, Brazil, (3) UNIVAP, Brazil) We r...

Title: ALMA observations of the supergiant B[e] star Wd1-9 Author: D. Fenech, J. S. Clark, R. K. Prinja, J. C. Morford, S. Dougherty, R. Blomme Mass-loss in massive stars plays a critical role in their evolution, although the precise mechanism(s) responsible - radiatively driven winds, impulsiv...

Title: HD 30963: a new HgMn star Author: R. Monier, M. Gebran, F. Royer Using high dispersion high quality spectra of HD 30963 obtained with the echelle spectrograph SOPHIE at Observatoire de Haute Provence in November 2015, we show that this star, hitherto classified as a B9 III superficially norm...

The most massive black hole in the universe has been measured at being 18 billion solar masses. The binary black hole at the centre of quasar OJ287, which is located 3.5 billion light-years away in the constellation Cancer, has a regular pulsing light signal with two major pulses every 12 years. The l...

Free-swimming Ocean Gliders Help Scientists Understand Storm Intensity A regional team from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Rutgers University, the University of Maine, the University of Maryland, and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute mobilized Friday in advance of post-Tr...

Proba-3 is the third in ESA’s series of missions for validating developments in space systems while carrying an ‘added value’ user payload which can directly benefit from the innovations under test. Proba-3 will demonstrate the technologies required for formation flying of multiple space...

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