* Astronomy

Asteroid (144) Vibilia was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on June 3, 1875, from the observatory at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. Read more

Russia loses control of gecko sex experiment satellite A Russian satellite containing geckos, fruit flies and mushrooms could plummet to earth if control is not regained, according to reports. The engine of the Foton-M4 satellite, with several experiments on board, has stopped responding to gr...

ATel 6436: ASAS-SN Confirmation of SN Candidate in NGC 337

Photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and Vesta pro webcam + solar and IR-cut filter.

The 10 - 23 metre wide asteroid 2014 QL365 made a close pass (5.5 lunar distances, 0.0142 AU), travelling at 7.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st September 2014 @ 14:11 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...

The 62 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2014 QK365 made a close pass (57.1 lunar distances, 0.1466 AU), travelling at 13.25 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st September 2014 @ 03:24 UT ±00:20. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

The 38 - 85 metre wide asteroid 2014 QD365 made a close pass (57.8 lunar distances, 0.1486 AU), travelling at 4.91 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th August 2014 @ 11:30 UT ±00:17. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...

Footage of powerful solar flares released by Nasa The US Space Agency Nasa has released new footage showing a series of powerful solar flares. Read more

Three panel photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and Vesta pro webcam + solar and IR-cut filter.

Messier 37 (also M37, NGC 2099, Mel 38, Cr 75 and OCL 451) is a magnitude +6.2 open star cluster located 4,511 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. The cluster (along with M36 and M38) was discovered by by Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna with probably a 1-inch 20x Galilean ref...

NGC 6902 (also IC 4948, ESO 285-8, MCG -7-42-2 and PGC 64632) is a magnitude +10.9 barred spiral galaxy located 129 million light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telesc...

NGC 6919 (also ESO 285-27, IRAS 20282-4423, MCG -7-42-11 and PGC 64883) is a magnitude +13.4 barred spiral galaxy located 305 million light-years away in the constellation Microscopium. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refle...

NGC 7053 (also IRAS 21188+2252, MCG 4-50-9, UGC 11727 and PGC 66610) is a magnitude +13.1 compact galaxy located 216 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 2nd Septembe...

NGC 7057 (also ESO 287-17, MCG -7-44-4 and PGC 66708) is a magnitude +12.6 elliptical galaxy located 248 million light-years away in the constellation Microscopium. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Fe...

NGC 7060 (also ESO 287-22, IRAS 21226-4237, MCG -7-44-6 and PGC 66732) is a magnitude +12.94 barred spiral galaxy located 221 million light-years away in the constellation Microscopium. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refle...