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636-90 Inch
On Kitt Peak in Arizona, the Steward Observatory's Bok telescope's 90 inch light collecting mirror enables the discovery, study, and tracking of spac…
4 years, 11 months ago
124E-136-The Oceans of Ganymede
Ganymede was discovered by Galileo Galilei using his new telescope in 1610. He observed it to be a faint point of light orbiting the planet Jupiter.…
4 years, 11 months ago
635-Exploring Mars
We are lucky to be alive in an age when anyone with an internet connection can participate in the exploration of Mars. Your unique brain-eye combina…
4 years, 11 months ago
123E-135-Future Impact Possibilities
Recently, three asteroids were discovered which have very slight probabilities of impact with planet Earth between 2065 and 2117. My team, the Catal…
4 years, 11 months ago
634-Meteor Goes Splat
On 28 February 2021 at 9:54PM a large slow moving fireball meteor was observed over England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. The Wichcombe met…
4 years, 11 months ago
122E-134-Recycling Spacecraft
In the early days of space exploration when a flight component failed the mission was over. In recent history, there have been a few times when astr…
4 years, 11 months ago
633-Dress Rehearsal
The situation that asteroid hunters both train for and dread is the discovery of a large space rock on a collision course with planet Earth. Recently…
4 years, 11 months ago
121E-133-2 Close Approaches
Slightly more than a day apart, my NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey teammates Richard Kowalski and Carson Fuls found two small asteroids. Both of the…
4 years, 11 months ago
632-Couch Potato
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski is the first person in our group and perhaps the first person in the world to discover a potentially…
5 years ago
120E-132-Kowalski's Forever Comet
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski has an instinct for discovering interesting objects. Recently he spotted a fuzzy looking moving fain…
5 years ago