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Asteroid (456677) Yepeijian = 2007 RM119 Read more

Planetary scientist, John Lewis, estimated that if all of the total platinum wealth in the asteroid belt were divided amongst every person on Earth, each-- individual's-- share would come out to be over $30 billion. Furthermore, he estimated that if the total value of resources of the asteroids: i...

'Incredibly rare' William Caxton print discovered Pages printed more than 500 years ago by William Caxton, who brought printing to England, have been discovered by the University of Reading. There are no other known surviving examples of these two pages anywhere in the world, from a book believed...

ATel 10360: Transients Gaia17bdj, Gaia17bdk, and Gaia17bdm confirmed by Euler imaging

ATel 10359: Spectroscopic classification of CSS170430:122149+255222 as a young Type Ia

Orbital elements: C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) T 2013 Aug. 11.17642 TT MPC q 1.7381057 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 281.91623 +0.39965985 +0.75979337 Node 325.68417 +0.55521908 -0.64579337 e 1.0 Incl. 114.54235 -0.72938589 -0.07526591 From 25 observations 2012 Mar. 23-25. MPEC 2012 - F88 Comet C/2012 F6 (...

Title: The First Brown Dwarf Discovered by the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project Author: Marc J. Kuchner, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Adam C. Schneider, Aaron M. Meisner, Joseph C. Filippazzo, Jonathan Gagné, Laura Trouille, Steven M. Silverberg, Rosa Castro, Bob Fletcher, Khasan M...

Orbital elements: 2017 HY50 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0424 AU Epoch 2017 Feb. 16.0 TT = JDT 2457800.5 MPC M 322.95554 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22814454 Peri. 233.13509 +0.61160618 +0.72578594 a 2.6525444 Node 77.65806 -0.58363424 +0.68262866 e 0.6575446 Incl. 18.80613 -0.53414319 +0.08516388 P 4.32 H...

Orbital elements: 2010 VT11 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0121 AU Epoch 2017 Feb. 16.0 TT = JDT 2457800.5 MPC M 274.33903 (2000.0) P Q n 0.42390552 Peri. 65.66410 +0.70804486 +0.70500672 a 1.7550521 Node 249.47668 -0.66255062 +0.64338993 e 0.6112685 Incl. 2.47682 -0.24433411 +0.29835370 P 2.33 H 2...

Secret US X-37B plane takes to the skies to experiment in space The mysterious X-37B plane is preparing to head into space for its fourth trip. But now, for the first time, we have a clue about what's happening inside. Earlier this month, NASA revealed that on this trip the plane will carry nearly 100 sm...

Perisphinctes ammonite species from the Tulear region from the island of Madagascar This unique invertebrate was part of marine life over 160 million years ago. Ammonites are extinct members of the Cephalopod class. Modern members include nautilus, squid and octopus. They first appeared d...

New images reveal never-before-seen structures of the solar wind as it travels toward and impacts Earth Using data collected by NASA's STEREO spacecraft, researchers at Southwest Research Institute and the National Solar Observatory have developed the first detailed images of solar wind stru...

New theoretical work shows that gas-giant planet formation can occur around binary stars in much the same way that it occurs around single stars like the Sun. The work is presented by Dr. Alan Boss of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) at the American Astronomica...

Asteroid (2235) Vittore (A924 GA) is a 44.45 km wide main belt asteroid discovered by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on April 5, 1924 from the Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory , Germany. Vittore was initially designated as A924 GA. It was rediscovered in 1979 by the San Vittore observa...

The Cassini mission has made the most detailed ever study ever Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and its atmosphere. The results could lead to a better understanding of the conditions that existed on the young Earth. Titan...