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41E-53-Where Is Juno
The planet Jupiter is less important to us than the Earth, Sun, and Moon. However, it hold clues about the formation of our solar system and does sen…
6 years, 7 months ago
552-Night Sky Surprise
On October 7, 2018 the moonless night sky became 25% brighter and reached the point where it is at a small light polluted city, all without human in…
6 years, 8 months ago
40E-52-Another Large Bright Suddenly Appearing Asteroid
An unknown, quarter of a mile diameter asteroid, reached its furthest distance from the Sun on June 17, 2012. It brightened 10,000 times as it approa…
6 years, 8 months ago
551-Exploding Space Rocks
In 2018 there were 15 Meteorite Fall Events for which observers saw a fireball streaking across the sky which then led to the discovery of pieces of …
6 years, 8 months ago
39E-51-Asteroid 2007 VK184-Eliminated As An Impact Risk To Earth
On November 12, 2007, Alex Gibbs, using the NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey Schmidt telescope, discovered a bright fast moving asteroid. It was then…
6 years, 8 months ago
550-Lunar Telescopes
From the naked eye to the Hubble Space telescope each advance has enabled new astronomical discoveries. We have thus begun to understand our place in…
6 years, 8 months ago
38E-50-Asteroid 2014 JO25-What An Incredible Ride
As it approached the Earth's orbit , a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid literally came out of nowhere as it brightened 250 times in 15 days. On May 5…
6 years, 8 months ago
549-Weirdest Star
Recently the Kepler Spacecraft found that a catalogue star HD 139139 now nicknamed the "Random Transiter" had 28 apparently random sharp narrow dips …
6 years, 8 months ago
37E-49-Earth Approaching Wannabees
During a recent 6 night observing run with the NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, I found 29 Earth Approaching Asteroid…
6 years, 8 months ago
548-Dragonfly
In our solar system the most exotic body which contains the complex organic molecules necessary for life is Saturn's Moon Titan. NASA's Dragonfly wil…
6 years, 8 months ago