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99E-111-Green Meteors
Recently, my wife and I saw a beautiful, bright, green, meteor fireball streaking across the western New Mexico night sky. Such sightings by some UF…
5 years, 5 months ago
611-Aurora Mysteries
Auroral displays have been observed and reported on throughout human history. Data from NASA's 5 Themis (Themm us) satellites analyzed by powerful su…
5 years, 5 months ago
610-Atmospheric Gravity Waves
Atmospheric gravity waves can be powerful. In September of 2018 two glider pilots surfed an atmospheric gravity wave created by high speed polar wind…
5 years, 5 months ago
98E-110-Asteroids Accessible By Human Space Flights
So far humans have discovered about 100 asteroids which could be visited by astronauts with current rocket capability. My group, the NASA funded Cat…
5 years, 5 months ago
609-Lurking
Statistically asteroid hunters have found more than 90% of the asteroids whose impact could cause global climate change. However, recently, my Catali…
5 years, 5 months ago
97E-109-Eighteen Sleeps Later
The NASA, New Horizons spacecraft woke up from its 18th sleeping period in the last 9 years. Its long space naps have lasted an average 104 days eac…
5 years, 5 months ago
608-Triple Comet
Recently amateur astronomer, Worachate Boonplod discovered the 4049th comet recorded in the imaging data produced by SOHO, the ESA/NASA Solar and Hel…
5 years, 5 months ago
96E-108-How Close Will It Come To Us
The goal of the NASA Near Earth Object Program is to provide an early warning should an asteroid be found to be on a path bringing it close to planet…
5 years, 5 months ago
607-Good Night
Nearly every day during the monsoon rainy season in the American southwest, afternoon thunderstorms require putting mountain top telescopes and camer…
5 years, 5 months ago
95E-107-Mining Asteroids
Science fiction writers have long imagined human space colonies which use the resources they find.It will take major, risky investments over many yea…
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