NGC 3359 (also MCG +11-13-37, UGC 5873, IRAS 10433+6329 and PGC 32183) is a magnitude +10.6 almost face-on barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch...
NGC 6145 (also MCG +07-34-21, and PGC 58074) is a magnitude +14.4 inclined spiral galaxy located 403 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough,...
Title: Kepler data on KIC 7341653, a nearby M dwarf with monster flares and a phase-coherent variability Author: Valeri V. Makarov, Alexey Goldin KIC 7341653 is one of several late-type M dwarfs observed in the main mission of Kepler with peculiar infrared colors placing them in the domain of suspe...
Title: Stars and brown dwarfs in the sigma Orionis cluster: the Mayrit catalogue Authors: Jose A. Caballero The young sigma Orionis cluster is an indispensable basis for understanding the formation and evolution of stars, brown dwarfs and planetary-mass objects. Our knowledge of its stellar po...
North Korea hails 'successful ICBM' test of Hwasong-14 North Korea says it has successfully tested its first long-range "intercontinental" missile. If confirmed, the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) could potentially have the range to reach the US mainland. The US said the missile t...
Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival It's the eve of the UK's first Uncaged Monkeys show, a live adaptation of Radio 4's irreverent science series The Infinite Monkey Cage featuring an intellectual supergroup of Wonders Of The Solar System presenter Brian Cox, his fellow physicist Sim...
Title: Almost Certain Escape from Black Holes in Final State Projection Models
Author: Seth Lloyd
Recent models of the black-hole final state suggest that quantum information can escape from a black hole by a process akin to teleportation. These models rely on a controvers...
Unprecedented fossilised body imprints of amphibians have been discovered in 330 million-year-old rocks from Pennsylvania. The imprints show the unmistakably webbed feet and bodies of three previously unknown, foot-long salamander-like critters that lived 100 million years before the fir...
NASA to Air Launch of Next International Space Station Resupply Mission NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting its eleventh commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for 5:55 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 1. Launch coverage will begin on NASA Television and...
Rupes Recta is a linear fault, or rille, on the Moon, in the southeastern part of the Mare Nubium at 22.1°S 7.8°W. The name is Latin for "Straight Fault", although it is more commonly called the Straight Wall. This is the most well-known escarpment on the Moon, and is a popular target for ama...
Mexico’s Popocatépetl Volcano ushered in the new month with a moderate eruption on the morning of December 1, 2005. According to reports from the local monitoring station, an ash plume rose 5 kilometres above the summit and spread east-northeast, scattering a light ash fall onto nearby towns and c...
Title: Stellar Chemical Clues As To The Rarity of Exoplanetary Tectonics Author: Cayman T. Unterborn, Scott D. Hull, Lars P. Stixrude, Johanna K. Teske, Jennifer A. Johnson, Wendy R. Panero Earth's tectonic processes regulate the formation of continental crust, control its unique deep water an...
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