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889-Lick Observatory
In 1892 the world’s largest telescope, the Lick Observatory’s 36 inch refracting telescope made the news when E.E. Barnard discovered, Amalthea, the …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
378E-414-Enormous Visitor
Without additional data, the true nature of the rapidly northward moving point of light my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls had just discover…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
888-Investigating the Mystery of How Life Formed
On Earth living things are everywhere from the deepest ocean depths to the highest mountain tops. On our home planet RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) is a comp…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
377E-413-Fission Rocket
To get an idea of the energy involved in a rocket launch, the NASA Saturn V, moon rocket, fully fueled on the launch pad contained the chemical energ…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
887-Apophis Bound
In April 2029 on one of the luckiest Friday the 13th in human history the 1500 ft by 500 ft asteroid Apophis will pass within 23,600 miles of the Ear…
4 months ago
376E-412-Tiny Space Rock
Eighteen hours before my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Rose Matheny first spotted a small space rock with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizon…
4 months ago
886-Aviation&Space Weather
The Earth’s atmosphere does a good job of protecting humanity from space weather, however, occasionally a major event does break through our shield a…
4 months, 1 week ago
375E-410-Extraterrestrial Whales
In an area which is about 1/400th of the entire sky, the NASA Kepler spacecraft has discovered 30 Earth like planets which are likely to have liquid …
4 months, 1 week ago
885-Dark Sky Network
Around the world those who value the natural night sky are evaluating the effects of light pollution. In addition to impairing astronomy and star gaz…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
374E-408-Earth's Pet Rock
On it's gravitational leash, Earth's pet space rock, 2016 HO3, accompanies us at a distance of between 38 and 100 times the Moon's distance from Eart…
4 months, 2 weeks ago