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Delving into China's dinosaur graveyard--Erenhot On May 19, the China Post issued Chinese Dinosaurs, a set of themed postage stamps featuring seven dinosaurs whose fossils were first discovered in China. One of the "terrible lizards" is Gigantoraptor erlianensis, a dinosaur that lived during...

ATel 10409: Spectroscopic classification of SN 2017ebm (= ATLAS17fgh) with Faulkes Telescope North/FLOYDS

Asteroid (376) Geometria is at opposition on the 2nd May, 2010. Magnitude: 11.3 V Distance to Earth; 0.955 AU Distance to Sun: 1.954 AU

A University of Washington researcher has devised a way to use the fossil teeth of ancient bison as a tool to reconstruct historic climate and vegetation changes in America's breadbasket, the Great Plains. The teeth hold evidence of the type of vegetation that grew in a particular location at a pa...

The recent addition of a field lens in the Altair adaptive optics system at the Gemini Observatory has resulted in a significant improvement in near-infrared imaging capabilities at Gemini North. Altair with the field lens will begin regular science use in semester 2006A. [img]http://stat...

Title: Is mass loss along the red giant branch of globular clusters sharply peaked? The case of M3 Authors: Vittoria Caloi, Francesca D'Antona There is a growing evidence that several globular clusters must contain multiple stellar generations, differing in helium content. This hypothesis has...

Title: The XENON1T Dark Matter Search Experiment Authors: Elena Aprile, XENON1T collaboration The worldwide race towards direct dark matter detection in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) has been dramatically accelerated by the remarkable progress and evolution of li...

The Universe is beige After studying the colour of light emitted by 200,000 galaxies scientists have combined them to produce the colour, they have dubbed 'cosmic latte'. Other names suggested for it were 'univeige' and 'skyvory'. But apparently this colour has changed over the last six billion y...

Indian geologists claim to have discovered a possible Impact Crater in Kutch district of Gujarat dating back to the Vedic period. The crater, suspected to have been formed by the impact of an extra-terrestrial object, is seen as a circular feature near Luna village in the northwestern Banni Plai...

Giant MeerKAT will bring hi-tech astronomy to Karoo, and scientists hope R15bn Square Kilometre Array will follow. How many people know of the big KAT of the Karoo? Not many, because this sleek giant is a major astronomical telescope, which has been developed locally. The MeerKAT, a giant astronom...

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China claims breakthrough in mining 'flammable ice' China has for the first time extracted gas from an ice-like substance under the South China Sea considered key to future global energy supply. Chinese authorities have described the success as a major breakthrough. Methane hydrates, also call...

Comet C/2016 T1 (Matheny) is at Opposition (1.578 AU) on the 20th May 2017. Magnitude: 18.1 V

ATel 10392: ASASSN-17gg: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in CGCG 049-073

New ideas shine on International Museum Day A slew of events, including new projects and exhibitions aimed at appealing to visitors, were launched by various Chinese museums on International Museum Day Thursday. Read more