This reflection nebula catalogued as IC4592 is made up of very fine dust that normally appears dark but looks blue when reflecting the light of energetic nearby stars. In this case, the source is Nu Scorpii, one of the brighter star systems in the constellation of Scorpius. A second reflection nebul...
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A magnitude 15.2, Type Ia, supernova, 2006dy, was discovered on July 22nd, 2006, by Koichi Itagaki, in the spiral galaxy NGC 5587, in the constellation Bootes.
It is located 10" east and 9" north of the centre of the galaxy.
Position(2000): at R.A. = 14h22m11s.55, Dec. = +13°55'13".8...
Tropical storm Bopha is approaching China and may make landfall in Fujian Province.
If it hits the mainland it would be the ninth Tropical storm to hit China this year
The tropical storm, whose Cambodian name means a flower, is heading westward at a speed of 15 kilometres per hour.
Bopha inte...
Title: The magnetic Bp star 36 Lyncis, I. Magnetic and photospheric properties
Authors: G.A. Wade, M.A. Smith, D.A. Bohlender, T.A. Ryabchikova, C.T. Bolton, T. Lueftinger, J.D. Landstreet, P. Petit, S. Strasser, M. Blake, G.M. Hill
This paper reports the photospheric,...
The exact location of the discovery of what has been dubbed ‘Ireland’s Dead Sea Scrolls’ has been revealed by the National Museum of Ireland.
The Psalter, or Book of Psalms was pulled out of a bog in the townland of Faddan More in north Tipperary, where it was first hidden around 1,000 year...
European Iranologists have recognised the stone inscriptions and bas-reliefs on the cliff overlooking Bisotoun, Kermanshah, as the largest of its kind in the world.
The historical inscriptions, which are 45 meters high and about 200 meters wide, were recently registered on the list of glob...
On an August day 15 years ago, a dozen people crowded around a computer in Fairbanks and saw what they hoped to see-islands and ice rafts north of Hudson Bay, Canada, transmitted to them from a satellite 500 miles overhead. After letting out a collective whoop, they compared the snapshot from above to...
Title: 2MASS J05162881+2607387: A New Low-Mass Double-Lined Eclipsing Binary
Authors: Amanda J. Bayless, Jerome A. Orosz (San Diego State University)
Researchers show that the star known as 2MASS J05162881+2607387 (hereafter J0516) is a double-lined eclipsing binar...
Title: The Unusual Cataclysmic Binary Star RBS 0490 and the Space Density of Cataclysmics
Authors: John R. Thorstensen, Sebastien Lepine, Michael Shara
RBS (Rosat Bright Source) 0490 is a cataclysmic variable star (CV) with unusually strong emission lines. The strength...
The actions of a domestic cat have thrown up a new theory about ancient stone burial cairns in Caithness, Scotland. Archaeologists built a mock-up of the structures as part of an experiment. Emma Sanderson, of Caithness Archaeology Trust, said it was found that a dead rabbit had been left in the repl...
30,000-year-old engraved bone found in Moravia
Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of tiny bone fragments dating back almost 30,000 years and featuring minute designs carved by some of earliest Europeans. The thumbnail-sized bone fragments are engraved with parallel lines and match sim...
