* Astronomy

NGC 7660 (also MCG 4-55-12, UGC 12594 and PGC 71413) is a magnitude +12.7 elliptical galaxy located 262 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor R...

NGC 7673 (also IRAS 23252+2318, MCG 4-55-14, UGC 12607 and PGC 71493) is a magnitude +13.2 disturbed spiral galaxy located 157 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 5t...

NGC 7677 (also IRAS 23256+2315, MCG 4-55-15, UGC 12610 and PGC 71517) is a magnitude +13.2 barred spiral galaxy located 163 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 5th Se...

NGC 7689 (also ESO 192-7, IRAS 23305-5422 and PGC 71729) is a magnitude +11.5 barred spiral galaxy located 91 million light-years away in the constellation Phoenix. The galaxy was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a homemade 9-foot 22.86 cm (9 inch) f/12 speculum Newtonian re...

100 Million-Year-Old Extinct Volcano Discovered Beneath Pacific Ocean An ancient extinct volcano has been discovered four km underwater in one of the least explored areas of the Pacific Ocean. The one-km-high seamount was found about 300km from Jarvis Island, an uninhabited island located hal...

Orbital elements: 2014 QX432 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0192 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 170.15116 (2000.0) P Q n 0.61815138 Peri. 68.51902 -0.99455191 +0.00658207 a 1.3648120 Node 111.73548 -0.04354172 -0.93300406 e 0.5865344 Incl. 6.43045 +0.09471332 -0.35980565 P 1.59 H 1...

This year's Festival which covers the 7 days of 4-10 September, with over 60 events on astronomy, earth sciences, energy, medicine, archaeology Read more

**Solar Storm Forecast Update 09-04-2014**

Solar Storm Forecast Update 09-04-2014

Title: Dendrogramma, New Genus, with Two New Non-Bilaterian Species from the Marine Bathyal of Southeastern Australia (Animalia, Metazoa incertae sedis) - with Similarities to Some Medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara Authors: Jean Just, Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen, Jørgen Olesen A ne...

China successfully launched two satellites via one rocket at 8:15 am Thursday Beijing Time (0015 GMT) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi desert. Read more

The 9 - 19 metre wide asteroid 2014 QC391 will make a close pass (2.4 lunar distances, 0.0062 AU), travelling at 7.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th September 2014 @ 21:11 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

The 21 - 46 metre wide asteroid 2014 RJ made a close pass (7.9 lunar distances, 0.0202 AU), travelling at 11.24 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd September 2014 @ 17:31 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...

Title: A transiting companion to the eclipsing binary KIC002856960 Authors: D. Armstrong, D. Pollacco, C. A. Watson, F. Faedi, Y. Gómez Maqueo Chew, H. M. Cegla, P. McDaid, J. Burton, J. McCormac, I. Skillen We present an early result from an automated search of Kepler eclipsing binary systems for...

The Burnwell (H4-an) meteorite fell in Kentucky, USA, on the 4th September, 1990. A total mass of 1504 g was recovered. 37° 37' 19"N, 82° 14' 14"W

The Gujargaon (H5) meteorite fell in Madhya Pradesh, India, on the 4th September, 1982. A total mass of 2.45 kg was recovered. 22° 59'N, 76° 3'E