* Astronomy

Asteroid (67) Asia makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.805 AU) on the 2nd March, 2011. 67 Asia is a bright main belt asteroid. It was discovered by N.R. Pogson on April 17, 1861, from the Madras Observatory. Read more

ATel 9486: Asiago spectroscopic classification of SN 2016gdt

ATel 9484: ASASSN-16kk: Discovery of A Supernova in LSBG F156-039

Cumbrian lakes hold a centuries-long flood record The UK Natural Environment Research Council has funded this investigation through its Urgency Programme, including the on-going investigations in the lakes of Buttermere, Bassenthwaite, Ullswater and Brotherswater, but already new insigh...

The size of a 'cottage', #asteroid #2016RB1 passed us on 7.09 at 34000km Pics & details via https://t.co/bdFIAyhHci pic.twitter.com/oTmuDNz5L2 ESA Operations (@esaoperations) September 9, 2016

A minor explosion at Mayon, southeastern Luzon, Philippines on 21 February at 09:41 local time (17:41 GMT) produced an ash plume that rose to ~500 m above the volcano's 2,462 metre high crater and drifted SW. Ash was deposited on the upper slopes of the volcano. The ash emission was accompanied by a sm...

The British company, Virgin Galactic, created by entrepreneur Richard Branson to send tourists into space announced an agreement on Tuesday for the New Mexico state to build a $200 million spaceport. Virgin Galactic also revealed that up to 38,000 people from 126 countries have paid...

Musk: SpaceX fireball probe uncovering 'complex failure' An investigation into how a SpaceX rocket exploded is uncovering a "difficult and complex failure", the firm's founder Elon Musk has said. Mr Musk tweeted that the explosion of Falcon 9 during a routine filling operation was the most compl...

Unprecedented atmospheric behaviour disrupts one of Earth's most regular climate cycles The normal flow of air high up in the atmosphere over the equator, known as the quasi-biennial oscillation, was seen to break down earlier this year. These stratospheric winds are found high above the tropic...

ATel 9475: Radio Non-Detection of ASASSN-16jt/SN 2016cvk

North Korea claims success in fifth nuclear test North Korea says it has successfully carried out its fifth nuclear test, in continued defiance of UN resolutions. A 5.3 magnitude tremor had earlier been detected near its nuclear test site. Read more

ATel 7084: Photometric classification of SN 2014cx as a Type II-P

PANSTARRS has discovered a new long period comet with a orbit period of ~6000 years! Comet C/2016 P4 (PANSTARRS) pic.twitter.com/bQtjGgUK9Y Ron Baalke (@RonBaalke) September 8, 2016

Title: The extremely long period X-ray source in RCW 103: a descendant of Thorne-Zytkow Object? Authors: X. W. Liu, R. X. Xu, G. J. Qiao, J. L. Han, Z. W. Han, X. D. Li The spin evolution of the compact neutron core in a Thorne-Zytkow Object (TZO) is investigated to explore the origin of extremely long pe...

'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by Spitzer Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the TV series "Star Trek," which first aired September 8th,1966, a new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope may remind fans of the historic show. On the right of the image, with a little scrutiny, you may see h...