* Astronomy

Title: Discovery of the closest hot subdwarf binary with white dwarf companion Authors: S. Geier, T. R. Marsh, B. H. Dunlap, B. N. Barlow, V. Schaffenroth, E. Ziegerer, U. Heber, T. Kupfer, P. F. L. Maxted, B. Miszalski, A. Shporer, J. H. Telting, R. H. Oestensen, S. J. O'Toole, B. T. Gaensicke, R. Nap...

Title: A Search for WIMPs with the First Five-Tower Data from CDMS Authors: CDMS Collaboration We report first results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment running with its full complement of 30 cryogenic particle detectors at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. This repor...

The Komagome (Iron) meteorite fell in Kanto, Japan, on the 18th April, 1926. A total mass of 238 g was recovered. 35° 44'N, 139° 45'E

The Success (L6) meteorite fell in Arkansas, USA, on the 18th April, 1924. A total mass of 3.5 kg was recovered. 36° 29'N, 90° 40'W

The Veramin (Mesosiderite) meteorite fell in Tehran, Iran, on the 18th April, 1880. A total mass of 54 kg was recovered. 35° 20'N, 51° 38'E

The Akbarpur (H4) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 18th April, 1838. A total mass of 1800 g was recovered. 29° 43'N, 77° 57'E

The moon captured with a 100mm refractor and webcam. Test for PIPP V 2.2.7 (avi software) Music via an Amiga 1200.

One of the first two "fossil" fireballs ever detected glows deep in the supernova remnant W49B, according to a new study based on data from the Japan-U.S. Suzaku x-ray observatory. In the composite picture above, red and green represent infrared images of the remnant taken by ground-ba...

Ball of fire lights up skies above Spain A brilliant ball of flame streaked across the sky above the Spanish capital Madrid, dazzling stargazers and astronomers alike. The celestial display was so bright it could be seen across the entire country. The eye-popping moment was caught on camera by the H...

Orbital elements: P/2010 UH55 (Spacewatch) Epoch 2011 Apr. 29.0 TT = JDT 2455680.5 T 2011 May 10.36035 TT MPC q 2.7679685 (2000.0) P Q n 0.05926901 Peri. 221.61772 -0.11360539 -0.98578606 a 6.5150478 Node 235.26466 +0.94670025 -0.06961276 e 0.5751423 Incl. 8.66245 +0.30141740 -0.1529...

Orbital elements: P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS) T 2012 June 29.22997 TT MPC q 2.2256968 (2000.0) P Q n 0.11256044 Peri. 0.70958 -0.70316153 -0.68495430 a 4.2482708 Node 133.99734 +0.65104392 -0.72809963 e 0.4760935 Incl. 15.38001 +0.28584205 -0.02661846 P 8.76 From 20 observations 2011 Oct...

The 23 - 52 metre wide asteroid 2008 TD will make a close pass (53.4 lunar distances, 0.1373 AU), travelling at 6.82 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th July, 2013 @ 21:46 UT ±2 day 16:36. See more The Lunar Distanc...

Title: Discovery of high and very high-energy emission from the BL Lac object SHBL J001355.9-185406 Authors: H.E.S.S. Collaboration: A. Abramowski, F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A.G. Akhperjanian, E. Angüner, G. Anton, S. Balenderan, A. Balzer, A. Barnacka, Y. Becherini, J. Becker Tjus, K. Bernlöh...

Title: A candidate circumbinary Keplerian disk in G35.20-0.74 N: A study with ALMA Authors: A. Sanchez-Monge, R. Cesaroni, M.T. Beltran, M.S.N. Kumar, T. Stanke, H. Zinnecker, S. Etoka, D. Galli, C.A. Hummel, L. Moscadelli, T. Preibisch, T. Ratzka, F.F.S. van der Tak, S. Vig, C.M. Walmsley, K.-S...

Orbital elements: 2008 TF4 Earth MOID = 0.4247 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 291.50585 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37805779 Peri. 113.09984 +0.79052440 +0.56966473 a 1.8942208 Node 213.47355 -0.59341851 +0.80326101 e 0.3195943 Incl. 24.05734 +0.15141220 +0.17393632 P 2.61 H 19.2...