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108E-120-Finally A Good Night
Unfortunately, after spending many years of my life observing the sky at night I have not observed any alien spacecraft. I too have been waiting for Scotty to beam me up.
Published on 5 years ago
619-Apophis Campaign
Currently scientists, governments, and private citizens are preparing to mitigate a disaster caused by a large incoming space rock. To test techniques for characterizing a newly discovered potentiall…
Published on 5 years ago
107E-119-Signs of Life On Mars
Indisputable proof that life existed or currently exists on the planet Mars has yet to be found. However, tantalizing pieces to this mystery continue to be discovered. It appears that conditions on M…
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618-Tremendous Find
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin searched for asteroids, as close to the Sun as possible with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona. His efforts were rewarded when he disc…
Published on 5 years ago
106E-118-A Skyscraper Sized Asteroid to Pay A Visit
In the distant future, an asteroid, with the diameter of the height of the One Worldwide Plaza skyscraper building in New York City, will likely make a close approach to planet Earth. This asteroid, …
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617-One to Track
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne was observing in the constellation Lacerta with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he spotted an unknown point of light streaking …
Published on 5 years ago
105E-117-A Football field Sized Asteroid Comes Near
I was observing with the Catalina Sky Survey, NASA funded, University of Arizona, 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon when a bright fast moving point of light caught my attention. It seemed much too brig…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
616-100 Million Year Old Crater
In western Australia, rock samples and maps of the local geology obtained while exploring for gold show evidence of a 3 mile diameter meteor crater which features a small central pucker like protrusi…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
104E-116-Three Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Discovered In A Single Night
In less than three and one half hours, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate, Rose Matheny, discovered three Potentially Hazardous Asteroids with the NASA funded, University of Arizona, Schmidt telescope …
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
615-Solar Storm Forecasts
A large solar coronal mass ejection could put astronauts, airline passengers, power grids, electronic devices, and satellites at risk. Participants in the Solar Stormwatch citizen science project est…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago