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571-Comet Groeller
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groeller was asteroid hunting, in the constellation of Hydra, with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizon…
6 years, 2 months ago
59E-71-Martian Women
Currently, women are exploring the planet Mars. Dr. Joy Crisp is the Deputy Project scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory. Nicole Spanovich is t…
6 years, 2 months ago
570-Catastrophic Wreckage
Recently a group of high inclination asteroids hiding in Jupiter's shadow have been identified. Encounters with the giant planet's gravity could caus…
6 years, 2 months ago
58E-70-NASA Mars Spacecraft Prepare For A Close Flyby
Robert McNaught discovered a comet as it was traveling northward from under the plane of the Earth's orbit. He was observing at the Siding Spring Ob…
6 years, 2 months ago
569-Fossil Ice
Recent findings, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research suggests that there is more water locked in the minerals of nearby asteroids, which…
6 years, 2 months ago
57E-69-Fly Out Of Spaceport America
SpaceShipTwo will carry 6 passengers and two pilots and be launched from the 18,000 acre SpacePort America in New Mexico
6 years, 2 months ago
568-Tough Space Rock
At its closest point, a small space rock comes to only 1/3 of Mercury's average distance from the solar surface and receives 9 times the amount of so…
6 years, 2 months ago
56E-68-Hubble Finds Three Surprising Dry Exoplanets
Water is essential to life on our planet. Recently, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was used to study 3 planets orbiting stars similar to our Sun. As…
6 years, 2 months ago
567-Close Space Rock
Nine hours after it was discovered a tiny, 4 foot in diameter, space rock streaked less than 4,000 miles above southern Africa as it passed through t…
6 years, 3 months ago
55E-67-NASA Deep Space Network Turns 50
NASA's Deep Space Network is celebrating its 50th birthday. Australia, Spain, and California host its three sites. These facilities are spaced nearly…
6 years, 3 months ago