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88E-100-Where Extension Cords Can't Reach
Marie Curie's discovery of radioactivity started humans on a path which so far has skirted annihilation and has led to cures for cancer and the exploration of the distant regions of our solar system.…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
599-Path to Mars
The human thirst for knowledge about our mysterious next door neighbor is about to receive more than a sip from robotic emissaries launched in 2020. Recently a group of scientists point out that by h…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
87E-99-Peppered By Space Rocks
It appears that the human population is at more at risk from smaller rather than larger Earth impacting asteroids.During the past 20 years more than 550 small asteroids ranging in size from 3 to 60 f…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
598-Illusive Asteroids
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groeller was observing in the constellation of Boötes with our 60 telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he discovered a potentially hazardous asteroid which had…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
86E-98-Small Objects Visiting Our Neighborhood
Every month we discover small asteroids which come closer than the Moon. There are probably 20 million asteroids in this size range which come near the Earth. A few of these may eventually impact o…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
597-Aging Satellites
If we don't place some new space weather observing satellites into orbit it is possible that you will wake up one day to no electricity, no cell phone, no way to pump gas, and no way to pay for thing…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
85E-97-A Large Strange One
Recently my, University of Arizona, Catalina Sky Survey, teammate, Jess Johnson, was searching for Earth Approaching asteroids when he discovered a faint slow moving object in the night sky. Six nig…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
596-Next Solar Cycle
If the current trend in 11 year solar cycles for the past 50 years continues, we can expect lower than average solar activity and the Earth will continue to receive less than average amounts of solar…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
84E-96-Target Asteroids
Many scientists have been started on their career paths by an interest in astronomy and the mysteries of space. As technology has developed it has become more difficult for students to be involved i…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
595-Monster Comet
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Pegasus with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when he discovered an unusually bright new comet. …
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago