* Astronomy

Title: SXP 1062, a young Be X-ray binary pulsar with long spin period; Implications for the neutron star birth spin Authors: F. Haberl, R. Sturm, M.D. Filipovic, W. Pietsch, E.J. Crawford (The SMC is ideally suited to investigating the recent star formation history from X-ray source population st...

Tufts University student and a faculty lecturer uncover what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous Period. Surprise discovery made in a most unlikely place - behind a suburban strip mal...

Waterloo archaeologists search 'killing zone' As Europe prepares to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, one corner of the battlefield will soon give up its secrets. Read more

China's J-31 stealth fighter makes appearance at Paris Air Show China's fourth Generation Multi-Purpose Medium fighter jet, the Shenyang J-31, developed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), is making an appearance at the Paris Air Show for the first time. The J-31 is the latest d...

Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. As of 2012, it is owned by Atari Interactive, a subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA (ASA). The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in arcade games, h...

ATel 10504: Spectroscopic Classification of SN 2017enx as a Type Ia Supernova

ATel 10505: Spectroscopic Classification of AT 2017ego and confirmation of SN 2017eir with Keck II.

A strong magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred at 15:29:02 (UTC) on Sunday, May 16, 2010, in the Greenland Sea region, 585 km NW of Tromso, Norway, at a Depth of 10 km Location 73.387°N, 7.249°E

New Caltech Research Suggests Strong Indian Crust Thrust Beneath the Tibetan Plateau For many years, most scientists studying Tibet have thought that a very hot and very weak lower and middle crust underlies its plateau, flowing like a fluid. Now, a team of researchers at the California Institute...

Moon 18.06.17: Image captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount. DIY Focal reducer (made from 25mm achromatic objective)

ATel 10502: A descriptive title Ed ~ AF Andromedae in M31 has brightened and maybe in an S Doradus type LBV outburst.

Marine Plankton Found On Surface Of International Space Station Scientists examining samples taken from the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) have made a rather unexpected discovery- traces of marine plankton and other microbes growing on the surface of the illuminators. What...

ATel 10358: ASASSN-17fs and ASASSN-17fy: Discovery of Two Probable Supernovae

NASA Selects Mission to Study Mars Atmosphere[url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08-2...

China is likely to launch its first ever space telescope around 2011 as part of efforts to improve the country's capacity in astronomical sciences, it was revealed on Monday. The mission, highlighted with a Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope, will be a milestone step in China's universe exploration...