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227E-239-Martian Lakes
We may be able to learn about the possibilities of life on Mars by studying land forms on the Tibetan Plateau here on Earth.
3 years, 1 month ago
737-Collision(525)
I was asteroid hunting with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Steve Larson sent me an email requestin…
3 years, 1 month ago
226E-238-Now Three
The Catalina Sky Survey now operates three telescopes, 24 nights per month, in the Catalina mountains north of Tucson, Arizona.
The Catalina Sky Surve…
3 years, 1 month ago
736-Home Wrecker(524)
The extremely remote chance that a dangerous mountain sized space rock has our number on it is what keeps my team going to our four telescopes in the…
3 years, 1 month ago
225E-237-Lost
The asteroid named for Mildred Shapley Matthews was lost in the solar system for 75 years.
In 1916 the 60 inch Hale telescope on Mt. Wilson, Californi…
3 years, 1 month ago
735-One Thousand(523)
For the first time in history, an asteroid hunting team, the Catalina Sky Survey, has discovered more than 1,000 Earth approaching asteroids in a sin…
3 years, 1 month ago
224E-236-Enceladus's Ocean
Pound for pound Saturn's moon Enceladus is the brightest object in our solar system. It is so shiny that it reflects most of the sunlight that strike…
3 years, 2 months ago
734-Comets Africano(522)
During Comet C/2018 V4 Africano's last visit to the inner solar system humans were erecting the outer ring at Stonehenge. At the rate human's are cha…
3 years, 2 months ago
223E-235-Fragment
Millions of years ago two large asteroids collided in the asteroid belt. Pieces were sent flying in all directions. A few of them were put into orbit…
3 years, 2 months ago
733-Lunar Space Rock(521)
Recently, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groller discovered an Earth approaching asteroid which has a speed consistent with it being ejected …
3 years, 2 months ago