Flash from The Astronomer's Telegram

Day to day, hour to hour, professional research astronomers track the changing heavens and let each other know when something unusual occurs, through the Astronomer's Telegram.

As supernovae erupt, gamma-ray bursts explode, comets wizz past, those with their eyes on the sky report quickly on what they see, and what it might mean. This widget lists and links to the three most recent Telegrams, by number, title and author, updated each time you raise the dashboard.