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126E-138-An Inter-Planetary Visitor
Recently an inter-planetary visitor made a close approach to planet Earth. It is about the same size as the object which entered our atmosphere in F…
5 years ago
637-Martian Dust
After sunset in the spring and before sunrise in the fall, at a natural night sky location like the Cosmic Campground International Dark Sky Sanctuar…
5 years ago
125E-137-Bad Seeing
Looking at the Universe from the Earth's surface is a bit like a scuba diver viewing our world from the bottom of a swimming pool. Don't get me wron…
5 years ago
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…
5 years 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.…
5 years 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…
5 years 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…
5 years, 1 month 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…
5 years, 1 month 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…
5 years, 1 month 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…
5 years, 1 month ago