Supercomputer comes up with a profile of dark matter: Standard Model extension predicts properties of candidate particle
http://phys.org/news/2016-11-supercomputer-profile-dark-standard-extension.html

In the search for the mysterious dark matter, physicists have used elaborate computer calculations to come up with an outline of the particles
of this unknown form of matter. To do this, the scientists extended the successful Standard Model of particle physics which allowed them, among
other things, to predict the mass of so-called axions, promising candidates for dark matter. The German-Hungarian team of researchers led by
Professor Zoltán Fodor of the University of Wuppertal, Eötvös University in Budapest and Forschungszentrum Jülich carried out its calculations
on Jülich's supercomputer JUQUEEN (BlueGene/Q) and presents its results in the journal Nature.

16 Years of Station Told in 16 Gifs
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/16-years-of-station-told-in-16-gifs

Close galactic encounter leaves 'nearly naked' supermassive black hole
http://phys.org/news/2016-11-galactic-encounter-naked-supermassive-black.html

Astronomers using the super-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
have found the shredded remains of a galaxy that passed through a larger galaxy, leaving only the smaller galaxy's
nearly-naked supermassive black hole to emerge and speed away at more than 2,000 miles per second.

Nearly Naked Black Hole
https://vimeo.com/177227518

A triple protostar system formed via fragmentation of a gravitationally unstable disk
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v538/n7626/full/nature20094.html

Binary and multiple star systems are a frequent outcome of the star formation process, and as a result almost half of all stars with masses similar
to that of the Sun have at least one companion star. Theoretical studies indicate that there are two main pathways that can operate concurrently to
form binary/multiple star systems: large-scale fragmentation of turbulent gas cores and filaments, or smaller-scale fragmentation of a massive
protostellar disk due to gravitational instability. Observational evidence for turbulent fragmentation on scales of more than 1,000 astronomical
units has recently emerged.

Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope
http://wfirst.gsfc.nasa.gov/large_area_near_infrared_surveys.html

Astrophysicists conduct very high energy studies of a highly extended pulsar wind nebula
http://phys.org/news/2016-11-astrophysicists-high-energy-highly-pulsar.html
Astrophysicists from Germany and France have recently performed very high energy studies of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) designated HESS J1825−137.
The findings, presented in a paper published Oct. 27 on arXiv.org, provide new insights on the changing nature of this highly extended nebula.

Arrival (2016) - "Common Ground" - Paramount Pictures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Cr0Qzf9p8

LIFE - Official International Trailer (HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwhd4uuqM48

A vibrant scientific culture encourages many interpretations of evidence, argues Avi Loeb.
Good data are not enough : Nature News & Comment
http://www.nature.com/news/good-data-are-not-enough-1.20906

ExoMars TGO will release the 1st images taken with CASSIS camera on December 1.
Getting ready for a tricky task - NCCR PlanetS
http://nccr-planets.ch/getting-ready-tricky-task/

Near-Earth Asteroid 2016 VA: very close encounter with eclipse! – 01 Nov. 2016
http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/...r-earth-asteroid-2016-va-very-close-encounter-eclipse-01-nov-2016/

The near-Earth asteroid 2016 VA was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Sky Survey in Arizona (USA) on 1 Nov. 2016 and announced later the same day
by the Minor Planet Center. The object was going to have a very close encounter with the Earth, at 0.2 lunar distances (about 75.000 km).
At Virtual Telescope Project we grabbed extremely spectacular images and a unique video showing it eclipsed by the Earth.

[1611.00015] Searching for Planet Nine with Coadded WISE and NEOWISE-Reactivation Images
https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.00015

A distant, as yet unseen ninth planet has been invoked to explain various observations of the outer solar system. While such a 'Planet Nine',
if it exists, is most likely to be discovered via reflected light in the optical, it may emit much more strongly at 3−5μm than simple blackbody
predictions would suggest, depending on its atmospheric properties (Fortney et al. 2016). As a result, Planet Nine may be detectable at 3.4μm
with WISE, but single exposures are too shallow except at relatively small distances (d9≲430 AU).

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnOsCHtV7o

Brown dwarf WISE 0855 found to have clouds of water in its atmosphere.
http://www.slate.com/...1/brown_dwarf_wise_0855_found_to_have_clouds_of_water_in_its_atmosphere.html

Just 7 light-years away from the Sun—practically in our laps in galactic terms—lies an amazing object. Called WISE 0855, it’s not really a star,
because it is far too low in mass to ignite nuclear fusion in its core. That’s the gold standard for stardom, and WISE 0855 falls far, far short of it.

Objects like that are generally called brown dwarfs, but even then it’s not clear; WISE 0855 has between three and 10 times the mass of Jupiter, and
brown dwarfs fade down into planets near the top of that range. So it may very well be a very massive planet.

But it doesn’t orbit a star. If it’s a planet, it’s a rogue planet. Amazed yet? There’s more: The temperature of this borderline object is only about
250 Kelvins, which is -25° or so C. That means the surface temperature is below the freezing point of water.