* Astronomy

Title: Minivoids in the Local Volume Authors: A. V. Tikhonov, I. D. Karachentsev We consider a sphere of 7.5 Mpc radius, which contains 355 galaxies with accurately measured distances, to detect the nearest empty volumes. Using a simple void detection algorithm, we found s...

Title: XMM-Newton and Chandra observations of the M31 globular cluster black hole candidate XB135: a heavyweight contender cut down to size Author: R. Barnard, F. Primini, M. R. Garcia, U. C. Kolb, S. S. Murray CXOM31 J004252.030+413107.87 is one of the brightest X-ray sources within the D_25 reg...

A possible magnitude 13.5 Supernova was discovered on the 23rd April, 2013, by S. Parker (BOSS), in the galaxy 2MASX J16590295-6012576 in the constellation Ara. The supernova is located 3" west and 76" north from the center of the galaxy. As yet the type is unknown. Position (J2000)...

Title: HII regions within a compact high velocity cloud. A nearly star-less dwarf galaxy? Author: M. Bellazzini, L. Magrini, A. Mucciarelli, G. Beccari, R. Ibata, G. Battaglia, N. Martin, V. Testa, M. Fumana, A. Marchetti, M. Correnti, F. Fraternali Within the SECCO survey we identified a candid...

Snow shuts down New York and Boston New York City and other areas in the north-east US have shut down, with forecasters warning residents to expect "crippling" amounts of snow. Read more

The 1700 Cascadia earthquake was a magnitude 8.7 to 9.2 megathrust earthquake that occurred in the Cascadia subduction zone on January 26, 1700. The earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate underlying the Pacific Ocean, from mid-Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, south along the Pa...

M-TeX and MIST Experiments Launched from Alaska The Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere Turbulence Experiment, or M-TeX, and the Mesospheric Inversion-layer Stratified Turbulence, or MIST, experiment were successfully conducted the morning of Jan. 26, 2015, from the Poker Flat Research Range,...

SS Great Britain was an advanced passenger steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. Read more SS Great Britain

ATel 6993: Historic flare of ASASSN-15bq

ATel 6981: A Very Bright, High-Amplitude CV Candidate Discovered by ASAS-SN

The 500 - 1100 metre wide asteroid 2015 BW92 will make a close pass (75.6 lunar distances, 0.1942 AU) travelling at 14.29 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th January 2015 @ 23:40 UT ±00:04. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....

The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 BQ will make a close pass (28.0 lunar distances, 0.0718 AU) travelling at 11.44 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th January 2015 @ 21:46 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2015 BM will make a close pass (34.1 lunar distances, 0.0876 AU) travelling at 6.11 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th January 2015 @ 13:13 UT ±00:03. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47526432/nammianthal-meteorite/

Comet 102P/Shoemaker is at perihelion (1.968 AU) on the 31st August, 2013.