* Astronomy

Title: The XMM-Newton Slew view of IGRJ17361-4441: a transient in the globular cluster NGC 6388 Authors: A. A. Nucita, F. De Paolis, R. Saxton, A. M. Read IGRJ17361-4441 is a hard transient recently observed by the INTEGRAL satellite. The source, close to the center of gravity of the globular clust...

Title: Atmospheric Characterisation of the Hot Jupiter Kepler-13Ab Author: Avi Shporer (Sagan Fellow, JPL), Joseph G. O'Rourke (Caltech), Heather A. Knutson (Caltech), Gyula M. Szabo (ELTE Gothard Astrophysical Observatory), Ming Zhao (PSU), Adam Burrows (Princeton University), Jonatha...

Title: BD +44 493: A Ninth Magnitude Messenger from the Early Universe; Carbon Enhanced and Beryllium Poor Authors: Hiroko Ito, Wako Aoki, Satoshi Honda, Timothy C. Beers We present a 1D LTE chemical abundance analysis of the very bright (V=9.1) Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor (CEMP) star BD +44 493,...

'Superflares' erupt on some Sun-like stars Some middle-aged stars burn and rave like newborns, producing flares thousands of times as energetic as those we see on the Sun, according to the first large survey of these events. Flares - up to 10 million times as energetic as the so-called Carrington ev...

A new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope reveals the Lambda Centauri Nebula, a cloud of glowing hydrogen and newborn stars in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). The nebula, also known as IC 2944, is sometimes nicknamed the Running Chicken Nebula, from a b...

A dim star just 13 light years from Earth was born in a cluster 17,000 light years away. Discovered in 1897, Kapteyn's Star is the 25th nearest star system to our sun, but it is no local, says Elizabeth Wylie-de Boer of Mount Stromlo Observatory in Canberra. The cool star's composition is tricky to stud...

Nearest bright 'hypervelocity star' found Researchers from the United States and China said Wednesday they have discovered the closest known "hypervelocity star" that is moving away from the center of the Milky Way at more than 1.6 million km per hour. Read more

The Soviet Zond 1964A lunar flyby spacecraft was launched from Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome) on June 4, 1964. The SL-6/A-2-e carrier rocket had a failure at launch. The aim of the Zond 1964A mission was to test technologies for future flights to Mars. NASA had incorrectly identified the launch of...

XMM-Newton:Pulsating X-rays allow XMM-Newton to unmask a mysterious star XMM-Newton has revealed a unique star. It is a celestial chimera with the body of a normal massive star yet the magnetic field of a dead, stellar dwarf. This makes it a singular object among the billions of known stars. The rac...

Orbital elements: 2012 QE50 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0458 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 342.20148 (2000.0) P Q n 0.42624316 Peri. 224.42898 +0.52546284 -0.84931229 a 1.7486294 Node 194.12106 +0.82689147 +0.52378021 e 0.4452083 Incl. 11.96315 +0.20034794 +0.06574894 P 2.3...

The Richmond (LL5) meteorite fell in Virginia, USA, on the 4th June, 1828. A total mass of 1800 g was recovered. 37° 28'N, 77° 30'W

Subaru Astronomers Measure Meteoroid Tunnels in Earths Atmosphere When meteoroids flash through the Earths atmosphere, they bore tunnels through the air, leaving behind narrow meteor tracks that are heated by the collision of the fast-moving incoming object with atoms of highly diluted atmos...

**Sun 03.06.14:** ultraviolet image of the eastern limb (hazy cloudy conditions)

Sun 03.06.14: ultraviolet image of the eastern limb (hazy cloudy conditions)

Sun 02.06.14: The eastern limb in ultraviolet Sun 02.06.14: The western limb in ultraviolet

Orbital elements: 2014 KD91 Earth MOID = 0.2200 AU Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC M 104.94894 (2000.0) P Q n 0.27175115 Peri. 234.44633 +0.26560178 -0.94097432 a 2.3605966 Node 203.07570 +0.96236943 +0.24580536 e 0.5466532 Incl. 32.36555 -0.05745237 -0.23269517 P 3.63 H 16.7...