Supernova Ejected from the Pages of History | NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/supernova-ejected-from-the-pages-of-history.html
A new look at the debris from an exploded star in our galaxy has astronomers re-examining when the supernova actually happened.
Recent observations of the supernova remnant called G11.2-0.3 with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have stripped away its connection
to an event recorded by the Chinese in 386 CE.

New Chandra data on G11.2-0.3 show that dense clouds of gas lie along the line of sight from the supernova remnant to Earth. Infrared
observations with the Palomar 5-meter Hale Telescope had previously indicated that parts of the remnant were heavily obscured by dust.
This means that the supernova responsible for this object would simply have appeared too faint to be seen with the naked eye in 386 CE.
This leaves the nature of the observed 386 CE event a mystery.

Star snapped before and after nova explosion - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37098317

Polish team has caught one in the act using a telescope in Chile.
The observations, reported in Nature, were made as part of a long-running sky survey that was originally aimed at detecting dark matter.
The consistent stream of images snapped for that project, the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment, allowed the researchers to go back
and see what the star system looked like before the explosion brought it to their attention in May 2009.

Very bright fireball spotted over southern Spain on August 17
Amazing fireball on August 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_coKj7MGY

How did we fool ourselves into believing in a new particle that wasn’t there? — Starts With A Bang! — Medium
https://medium.com/...lves-into-believing-in-a-new-particle-that-wasnt-there-f6fb95327a29#.mpt7zh9q5
The 750 GeV particle that the LHC thought it saw? A sham. And we all should have known.

This A.I. Program Can Identify Billions Of Stars | Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/...hers-created-star-galaxy-classification-framework-utilizing-neural-networks
The researchers from the University of Illinois have created a star-galaxy classification framework that utilizes
neural networks for all the heavy lifting.

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1608.04369v1.pdf

Nine new open clusters found in the Sun's neighborhood
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-clusters-sun-neighborhood.html

Astronomers from Heidelberg University in Germany and the Observatory of Strasbourg in France have detected nine new open star clusters
within 1,500 light years from the sun. The discovery, presented in a paper published Aug. 9 on arXiv.org, improves our knowledge of star
cluster population in the vicinity of our solar system.

Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)
Taken by Jim Fakatselis on August 15, 2016 @ Peppermill Skies Observatory, Huntington, NY

VIRGO: co je to za materiál, že láme světlo naopak? Vakuovaný hranol? :-)

Juno’s other ‘cameras’ | The Planetary Society
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2016/0816-junos-other-cameras.html

Juno's UVS Instrument
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X45BbGHw6IM

“Kitchen Smoke” Molecules in Nebula Offer Clues to the Building Blocks of Life
http://www.nasa.gov/.../kitchen-smoke-molecules-in-nebula-offer-clues-to-the-building-blocks-of-life
Using data collected by NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and other observatories,
an international team of researchers has studied how a particular type of organic molecules, the raw materials for life –
could develop in space. This information could help scientists better understand how life could have developed on Earth.

Star trails over Gemini North as captured by Gemini’s Joy Pollard from the catwalk of the University of Hawaii’s 88-inch telescope on Maunakea.

3D Interactive Asteroid Space Visualization - Asterank
http://www.asterank.com/3d/

World's First Quantum Satellite Launched in China
http://www.seeker.com/worlds-first-quantum-satellite-launched-in-china-1974981908.html

China Launches World's First Quantum Satellite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5DgcDYqdVg

Giant planet and brown dwarf discovered in a close binary system HD 87646
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-giant-planet-brown-dwarf-binary.html

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a giant planet and a brown dwarf in a close binary system designated HD 87646.
The findings, described in a paper published Aug. 11 on arXiv.org, reveal that HD 87646 is the first close binary system with more than one
substellar circum-primary companion known to date.

HD 87646, located around 240 light years away, is a bright G-type star with a fainter K-type stellar companion. The primary star in the system,
HD 87646A, is about 12 percent more massive than the sun and has a radius of about 1.55 solar radii. The system has a separation of only 22 AU
between the two stars.

A pair of galaxies have wandered into a crowded region of space, having spent most of their existence in isolation.
Hubble captures wandering galaxies | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/hubble-captures-wandering-galaxies