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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 cont…
5 years, 8 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 b…
5 years, 8 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 …
5 years, 8 months ago
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 pronoun…
5 years, 8 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 Catali…
5 years, 8 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 straigh…
5 years, 8 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 telescop…
5 years, 9 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 clima…
5 years, 9 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 …
5 years, 9 months ago