Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. It’s not Superman, it is a meteoroid. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Nov 1st: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet & An Earth Approaching Comet
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Oct 25th: Witnessing An Asteroid Impact & Shine Little Asteroid, Shine
Today we have story about @Nmcanopus asteroid discoveries. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Oct 18th: MOM Reaches Mars & Space Rocks
A flash back to India’s Mars Orbiter Mission and the story of Asteroid 2008 TC3, the only asteroid which was observed to be hurtling between planets, flying through our atmosphere, and pieces of it found to be lying on the Earth’s Surface.
Oct 11th: Obscuring the Cosmos & A Close Flyby
Imagine a world where people are never able to see the Milky Way or a meteor streaking like a falling star in the night sky. For most of the people living in the Earth’s cities this has already happened.
Oct 4th: Two Space Rocks In A Week & Martian Meteorites
The Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, AZ was used to discover two close approaching space rocks. Martian meteorites found on Earth come from the 34 mile diameter Mojave Crater on Mars.
Sep 27th: Views From The Shores Of The Cosmic Ocean & Interplanetary Travelers-Antarctic Meteorites
Before artificial lighting many people knew the night sky the way humans of today know their favorite TV channels.
In the cold deserts of Antarctica nature collects meteorites as ice sheets carrying space rocks are pushed up against mountains
Sep 20th: Interplanetary Travelers – Lunar Meteorites & Rocks From Space Tell A Tale
About one out of a thousand meteorites that you find on Earth started out on the Moon & the history of our part of the Universe is written in the space rocks
Sep 13th: Extremely Old World Could Harbor Life & Up Close And Personal With A Comet
Two planets orbiting a nearby reddish star & up close and personal with a comet
Sep 6th: Will Space Aliens Discover Us By Our Pollution & Waking Up To No Satellites
When a distant planet passes in front of its star some of the star’s radiation goes through the planet’s atmosphere. What would your day be like if you woke up and there were no functioning artificial Earth satellites?
Aug 30th: Mars 2020 Rover & Space Aliens Listening To Our Sun
Today @Nmcanopus will talk about Mars climate which has changed dramatically over the eons and what would the space alien receive if it pointed its radio antennas at our Sun?