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810-Humans Can
The James Webb Space Telescope or JWST for short is a superb scientific instrument which is revolutionizing our understanding of the structure of the universe and is providing a tool to help us to ex…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
297E-316-Weird Centaur
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski was surprised to find a moving point of light on some his images which was more than 50 times brighter than a typical Earth approaching object he obse…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
809- How Close Can An Asteroid Approach
The Earth Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance or Earth MOID for short is the closest an asteroid can come to our home planet on it's current orbit.
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
296E-314-Our Number
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard discovered, 2016 WJ1, a relatively large asteroid which can come close but will not hit the Earth. The extremely unlikely scenario of an impactor…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
808-Global Auroras on Mars
When the Earth enters a stream of high speed protons and other charged particles in the solar wind or our home planet is impacted by a solar coronal mass ejection the Earth’s strong magnetic field ac…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
295E-313-Martian Motherlode
Water for Martian Colonists
Martian colonists will need to create mini environments with air to breathe and water to drink. Energy will be required to keep warm, power the settlement, and enable vehi…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
807-Moon Orbit Crossers
During a recent 60 day period of time 23 space rocks came closer to Earth than our Moon
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
294E-312-200 Yards Of Trouble
Dangerous Asteroids Are Still Out There Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard discovered a rapidly moving point of light in the night sky. Subsequent observations made by telescopes i…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
806-Distant PHA
It is hard to obtain time on the 8m Gemini South Observatory telescope on Cerro Pachon in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope with its twin 8m mirrors on Mt. Graham, Arizona since they are among …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
293E-311-Bright and Bald
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls discovered 2015 TC25 as a rapidly moving point of light in the night sky. Followup observations using data from four different telescopes has enabled a tea…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago