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475-Lonely Fragment
A 2000 foot diameter space rock has stories to tell about violent events long ago. Asteroid hunters are eager to track this huge collision fragment and look for members of it's family as it passes ne…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
474-Earth-Venus Shuttle
A 100 foot diameter asteroid is spotted on one of it's regular trips between the orbits of Venus and Earth. It's ultimate fate is to collide with one of these planets producing a spectacular light sh…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
473-Ryugu Bound
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is conducting a six year flight from Earth to a potentially hazardous asteroid, Ryugu, and return a sample of it to Earth for study. Ryugu is likely to have un…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
472-Martian Mysteries
Two exciting new scientific discoveries have ignited our curiosity and are guiding our search for evidence of past and/or present life on Mars.
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
471-Botswana Bound
A small space rock with a diameter less than the height of an NBA basketball player had just crossed the orbit of our Moon on a collision course with Earth when it was spotted streaking through the c…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
470-Martian Asteroid Hunters
The life of an asteroid hunter on Mars will be interesting and exciting. The double planet, our Earth and Moon, in the Martian night sky will be an unforgettable sight and well worth the trip.
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
469-Flying Couch
My birthday present from outer space was the opportunity to use the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Az to discover a tiny sofa couch sized asteroid as it was flying through t…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
468-Peek A Boo Asteroid
A strange asteroid plays hide and seek with frustrated astronomers.
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
467-Time Travel
Looking out into space takes you back in time. To experience time travel go to a natural night sky location like the Cosmic Campground International Dark Sky Sanctuary or another location on the dark…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
466-Dangerous Impactors
Asteroid hunters have discovered more than 90% of the Earth approaching asteroids whose impact could cause global climate change. It was thus unusual when the Catalina Sky Survey found two, new, suc…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago