* Astronomy

HighlightsThe celtic festival of Beltane is on May 1st. North American Nebula -- this is an enormous and vivid cloud of gas and dust which has striking resemblance to North America. Due to its large size (four degrees across, eight times the angular size of the Moon), the nebula ("NGC7000") must b...

Signs of thawing permafrost revealed from space Satellite are seeing changes in land surfaces in high detail at northern latitudes, indicating thawing permafrost. This releases greenhouse gases into parts of the Arctic, exacerbating the effects of climate change. Permafrost is ground that re...

ISS Time-Lapse Flying Above The Aurora Australis

Earth-i plans space video network A British company has announced its intention to launch a big constellation of Earth observation satellites. A prototype spacecraft will go up later this year for testing, with the expectation that a further five platforms will follow in 2019. Earth-i, based in G...

Bitcoin theft causes Bitfloor exchange to go offline One of the biggest Bitcoin currency exchanges has been taken offline after 24,000 units ($250,000; £157,800) of the virtual currency were stolen from its computer servers. Bitcoins can be used for online money transfers and trades, and the cur...

Durham Festival of the Arts offers something for everyone Durham University is inviting local residents to enjoy the third annual Durham Festival of the Arts. The student-led festival, which runs from June 2 to 23, promises to be the biggest yet, with concerts, masterclasses, plays, photography...

ATel 10436: ASAS-SN Discovery of a Possible Galactic Nova ASASSN-17gw on the Rise

ATel 10439: The discovery of DLT17bk/AT 2017ejb with PROMPT

Title: The unblinking eye on the sky Author: Eric C. Bellm, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni From near-Earth asteroids to superluminous supernovae and counterparts to gravitational wave sources, the Zwicky Transient Facility will soon scan the night sky for transient phenomena. Read more (1004kb, PDF)

Cyclone Mora: Bangladesh tries to evacuate one million Bangladeshi authorities are trying to evacuate up to a million people before a powerful cyclone makes landfall. Cyclone Mora is likely to hit the eastern coast early on Tuesday, the meteorological department said. Port cities in the south-e...

Orbital elements: 2017 CS PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0046 AU Epoch 2017 Feb. 16.0 TT = JDT 2457800.5 MPC M 337.50670 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23518488 Peri. 358.74011 -0.51314004 +0.85188804 a 2.5993401 Node 240.37737 -0.78642163 -0.51554405 e 0.6089260 Incl. 6.92140 -0.34384346 -0.09220146 P 4.19 H 19...

Flinders Ranges rocks contain a rare frozen record of extreme climate change, leading researchers say. Dr Alan Collins from Adelaide University's school of Earth and Environmental Sciences, said the rocks provided a unique glimpse of weather patterns [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed...

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst to fly to Space Station in 2014[url=http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMSE23UNSG_index_0.ht...

ATel 10431: ASASSN-17gt and ASASSN-17gu: Discovery of Two Probable Supernovae in CGCG 453-026 and SDSS J115131.21+152727.5

Tourist park hopes to be named one of planet's true black spots A Scottish forest is one of two national parks competing to be named Officials from the Forestry Commission Scotland are hoping Galloway Forest Park will beat Hortobágy National Park in Hungary to be crowned Europe's first official &qu...