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Title: Horizon Run 4 Simulation: Coupled Evolution of Galaxies and Large-scale Structures of the Universe Author: Juhan Kim (1), Changbom Park (2), Benjamin L'Huillier (2), Sungwook E. Hong (2) ((1) Center for advanced computation, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (2) School of Physics, Kor...

Title: 40Ar/39Ar ages of lunar impact glasses: Relationships among Ar diffusivity, chemical composition, shape, and size Author: N.E.B. Zellner, J.W. Delano Lunar impact glasses, quenched melts produced during cratering events on the Moon, have the potential to provide not only composition...

Title: The Earth transiting the Sun as seen from Jupiter's moons: detection of an inverse Rossiter-McLaughlin effect produced by the Opposition Surge of the icy Europa Author: Paolo Molaro, Mauro Barbieri, Lorenzo Monaco, Simone Zaggia, Christophe Lovis We report on a multi-wavelength observ...

Palaeontologists in northern Greece have unearthed the intact skull of a prehistoric primate that lived at least five million years ago, a member of the research team has said. "The skull still carries the bite marks of a large carnivore, it ranks among the best preserved ever found. It give...

Nazi 'gold' train: Polish men go on TV to claim find Two men who claim to have found a Nazi train said to be laden with gold have gone public in Poland. The men, identifying themselves Andreas Richter and Piotr Koper, appeared on the country's TVP public television. Read more

The Novo-Urei (Ureilite) meteorite fell in Respublika Mordoviya, Russia, on the 4th September, 1886. A total mass of 1900 g was recovered. 54° 49'N, 46° 0'E

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44814094/borodino-meteorite/

Comet 87P/Bus makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.080 AU) on the 22nd January, 2013 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2013 01 20 07 08 09.5 +18 53 05 2.0808 3.0443 165.8 4.6 20.9 2013 01 21 07 07 16.8 +18 55 01 2.0804 3.0404 164.6 4.9 20.9 2013 01 22 07 06 24.6 +18 56 56 2.0...

Comet C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) is at Opposition (4.077 AU) on the 23rd November 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 11 20 04 25 33.7 -25 36 55 4.0907 4.8245 133.5 8.5 15.9 2014 11 21 04 23 59.6 -25 35 48 4.0856 4.8204 133.6 8.5 15.9 2014 11 22 04 22 25.2 -25 34 27 4.0809 4.8164 133...

Comet P/2004 R1 (McNaught) is at perihelion (0.986 AU) on the 23rd February, 2010. Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase mag 2010 02 18 20 46.78 -18 15.2 1.859 0.989 19.9 19.9 19.8 2010 02 23 21 09.81 -16 20.9 1.866 0.986 19.1 19.2 19.8 2010 02 28 21 32.17 -14 18.6 1.877 0.988 18.4 18.5 19....

The 32 - 71 metre wide asteroid 2015 PK57 will make a close pass (17.6 LD, 0.0452 AU) travelling at 11.29 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th September 2015 @ 21:29 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The Sun Shuts Up after a Big Show: Solar Storm Forecast 09-03-2015

The Sun Shuts Up after a Big Show: Solar Storm Forecast 09-03-2015

Title: KIC 10080943: An eccentric binary system containing two pressure and gravity mode hybrid pulsators Author: V. S. Schmid, A. Tkachenko, C. Aerts, P. Degroote, S. Bloemen, S. J. Murphy, T. Van Reeth, P. I. Papics, T. R. Bedding, M. A. Keen, A. Prsa, J. Menu, J. Debosscher, M. Hrudkova, K. De Smed...

What is the next big meteor shower? According to E. Lyytinen and P. Jenniskens, the comet 209P/LINEAR (2004 CB) will cause it in 2014. We checked is and actually confirm this prediction by running our meteor shower prediction model. It is clear the Earth will cross it on May 24th around 7:40 UT. Now the...

Title: 12 New Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars Identified via 2MASS+Spitzer/GLIMPSE Authors: Jon Mauerhan, Schuyler Van Dyk, Pat Morris We report new results from our effort to identify obscured Wolf-Rayet stars in the Galaxy. Candidates were selected by their near-infrared (2MASS) and mid-infrar...