Podcast Episodes

83E-95-Phantom Meteor Shower

Comet Blanpain was discovered in 1819 and was described as having a small confused nucleus. It was lost a few months after its discovery and pronounced dead. It 1956 a meteor outburst was observed …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

594-Earth Grazer

Asteroid hunters have discovered that the Earth encounters many tiny asteroids as it zips around the Sun at 67,000 miles per hour. Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Growler discovered a…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

82E-94-You Are Close To Outer Space

How often do you traveled 5, 10, or more miles on a shopping trip? If instead of traveling on the Earth's surface you were to travel 6 miles straight up, to the realm of the jet airliner, you would …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

593-Kacpers First Comet

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

81E-93-Name That Asteroid

It has been traditional for an asteroid to be named by its discoverer. The 1990s were the golden age for private individuals as computerized telescopes and electronic cameras became affordable and re…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

592-Invasion

Due to thoughtless outdoor night lighting on the surface and satellites in space the natural night sky is becoming a vanishing treasure. From climate change to saving our natural night sky we must …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

80E-92-An Earth Approaching Comet

My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski has discovered an Earth approaching comet that comes within 18 million miles of our home planet. It orbits the Sun every 5 and a half years on a path …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

591-Teddy's First Comet

One of the perks of being an asteroid hunter is to discover a comet and have it carry your name. Teddy's first comet discovery is a member of a group of approximately 200 such small comets which cir…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

79E-91-Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Its not Superman, its a meteoroid. Yes, a volleyball sized stoney meteoroid, which is typically traveling 15 to 60 times faster than a …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

590-Noctilucent Clouds

See Climate Change! Noctilucent Clouds exist at more than 50 miles above the Earth's surface or about 4 times higher than the tops of the most intense tropical thunder storms. Climate change has cau…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago