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**A potentially Earth directed CME at 2015-12-16 09:24:00 UTC** Spoiler

A potentially Earth directed CME at 2015-12-16 09:24:00 UTC Spoiler

China launches country's first dark matter satellite China on Thursday sent into space the country's first Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Satellite in a fresh search for smoking-gun signals of the invisible material that scientists say makes up most of the universe's mass. Read more

Title: A new submm source within a few arcseconds of alpha Centauri: ALMA discovers the most distant object of the solar system Author: R. Liseau, W. Vlemmings, E. O'Gorman, E. Bertone, M. Chavez, V. De la Luz The understanding of the formation of stellar and planetary systems requires the understa...

Most of Kathmandu's 50 hospitals are poorly built and would collapse if there were a major earthquake, experts warn. They also note that health institutions lack emergency response plans and are generally ill-prepared. Kathmandu valley lies in a high risk earthquake zone; poorly constructed bu...

Orbital elements: 2015 XU378 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0311 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 8.00622 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35592476 Peri. 3.05507 -0.04401576 -0.91427774 a 1.9719561 Node 89.72648 +0.90784430 -0.20484873 e 0.4855286 Incl. 23.74671 +0.41699080 +0.34947563 P 2.77 H 21....

LHC sees hint of boson heavier than Higgs The two experiments that discovered the Higgs boson in 2012 have sensed an intriguing if very preliminary whiff of a possible new elementary particle. Both collaborations announced their observations on 15 December, as they released their first signific...

Orbital elements: 2015 XT378 Earth MOID = 0.0006 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 126.38862 (2000.0) P Q n 1.08656889 Peri. 64.87010 +0.78818377 +0.60781419 a 0.9370538 Node 257.55142 -0.59426570 +0.71082550 e 0.2329337 Incl. 5.67630 -0.16004568 +0.35396189 P 0.91 H 27.9...

Supersymmetry breaking Authors: Yael Shadmi These lectures provide a simple introduction to supersymmetry breaking. After presenting the basics of the subject and illustrating them in tree-level examples, we discuss dynamical supersymmetry breaking, emphasizing t...

Meteorite: QUE 94201 Location: Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica Found: December 16, 1994 Type: Shergottite (SNC) Oxidation is scattered throughout the interior. Thick evaporite minerals are concentrated as small blebs. Read more

Meteorites No historical meteorite falls today, AFAIK

Today's PSLV launch will deploy 5 satellites for Singapore, including the Earth-observing sat TeLEOS-1. Live: https://t.co/Vj8XAbjHuJ David Dickinson (@Astroguyz) December 16, 2015

Charles Green (baptised 26 December 1734 - January 29, 1771) was a British astronomer Read more

ATel 8415: MASTER: bright PSN in NGC5483 Mag: 14.4

Orbital elements: 2015 KP18 Earth MOID = 0.0008 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 74.76302 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46541177 Peri. 81.29629 +0.94520326 +0.32600441 a 1.6490904 Node 259.67582 -0.30615769 +0.86627423 e 0.5869688 Incl. 1.02863 -0.11339429 +0.37853676 P 2.12 H 23.1 G 0...