* Astronomy

Title: Herschel imaging of 61 Vir: implications for the prevalence of debris in low-mass planetary systems Authors: M. C. Wyatt, G. Kennedy, B. Sibthorpe, A. Moro-Martin, J.-F. Lestrade, R. J. Ivison, B. Matthews, S. Udry, J. S. Greaves, P. Kalas, S. Lawler, K. Y. L. Su, G. H. Rieke, G. Bryden, J. Hor...

Banksy's renown is growing as his work spreads to London and elsewhere, but he started by leaving his distinctive mark all around his home town. Read more Banksy is a well-known yet pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist. It is be...

The CHaracterising ExoPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) is a proposed ESA Small Mission. CHEOPS will be the first mission dedicated to search for transits by means of ultrahigh precision photometry on bright stars already known to host planets. By being able to point at nearly any location on the sky, it...

ATel 10355: Discovery of a new X-ray transient, Swift J175233.9-290952, in the Swift Bulge Survey

ATel 10354: ASASSN 17-fp shows 51-minute periodic variations

ATel 10351: ASASSN-17fx: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in 2MASX J12314373+3612331

ISRO to launch South Asia Satellite on May 5 According to ISRO sources, the launch of this communication satellite (GSAT-9) is scheduled for May 5 on board the space agency's rocket GSLV-09 from Sriharikota spaceport. Read more

ATel 10351: ASASSN-17fx: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in 2MASX J12314373+3612331

The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey. Read mo...

Asteroid (30) Urania is at opposition on the 4th June, 2010 (V = 10.8) Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2010 06 05 16 50.41 -25 16.6 1.566 2.580 177.2 1.1 10.8 2010 06 10 16 44.99 -25 04.9 1.564 2.576 173.6 2.5 10.9 2010 06 15 16 39.72 -24 52.0 1.569 2.571 167.9 4.8 11.0 2010 06 20 16 34....

Image of sunspot 12654 captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and Vesta pro webcam.

Title: The corona and upper transition region of epsilon Eridani Authors: J.-U. Ness, C. Jordan We present analyses of observations of epsilon Eridani (K2 V) made with the Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer on Chandra and the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer, supplemented by observatio...

Title: AX J1910.7+0917: the slowest X-ray pulsar Author: L. Sidoli (1), G.L. Israel (2), P. Esposito (3), G.A. Rodriguez Castillo (2), K. Postnov (4,5) ((1)-INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Milano, Italy, (2)-INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monteporzio Caton...

Title: Photometric Variability of the T2.5 Brown Dwarf SIMP J013656.5+093347; Evidence for Evolving Weather Patterns Authors: Étienne Artigau, Sandie Bouchard, Sandie Bouchard, David Lafrenière We report the discovery of a photometric variability in the bright T2.5 brown dwarf SIMP J01365...

A blitz of star formation is taking place in a where two galaxies have collided, the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed. Researchers say studying the collision should shed light on the early universe, when such mergers were commonplace. The intense star birth is occurring in a galaxy called [...