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464-Big Atira
The recent discovery of an asteroid, whose orbit lies completely within that of the Earth, reminds asteroid hunters to continue to search near the Su…
8 years, 2 months ago
463-Exiled Asteroid
An asteroid is exiled to the outer regions of the solar system during Jupiter's rampaging tack away from the Sun long ago. During that process enoug…
8 years, 2 months ago
462-Our View
Modern technology provides us with stunning views of objects in the Universe in wavelengths invisible to our eyes, however, nothing is as moving and …
8 years, 2 months ago
461-Brian's First
Brian Africano's first Potentially Hazardous Asteroid discovery can come near to the Earth and Mars.
8 years, 2 months ago
460-TESS
To find planets close to home NASA has launched TESS the Transiting Exoplanet Satellite which will monitor more than 200,000 nearby, stars over the e…
8 years, 2 months ago
459-Falling Space Rocks
In the early evening of January 17, 2018 six hundred and seventy four observers in 11 States and Canada reported a fireball meteor streaking across t…
8 years, 2 months ago
458-Large and Close
On June 30, 1908 a celestial object exploded 28,000 feet above the Tunguska river drainage area in Siberia, Russia releasing the energy of 185 Hirosh…
8 years, 2 months ago
457-30 Years Of Fireballs
Fireballs are meteors which become brighter than the planet Venus and can sometimes be seen in the daytime. If you are lucky to see a fireball send i…
8 years, 3 months ago
456-Dangerous Trio
In the space of only four days, my Catalina Sky Survey teammates, Brian Africano, Alex Gibbs, and Greg Leonard, discovered three Potentially Hazardou…
8 years, 3 months ago
455-17,000 To Go
So far asteroid hunters have discovered about 8,000 of the 25,000, large, potentially hazardous asteroids, suspected to exist, leaving 17,000 more to…
8 years, 3 months ago