Meteorites on Earth as well as the cratering on Moon, Mercury, Mars, and other bodies suggest that our solar system was born wild and stayed that way for a while.
Feb 4th: Tough Tourist & Born Wild
Al Grauer Archive
Jan 28th: Potential Mining Target & Incoming
Today story is about the discovery of asteroid 2016 GC221 for mining target & 2016 CG18 as a test object for rapid response observing protocols.
Jan 21st: Asteroid Awareness & Anatomy Of An Extinction Crater
You are less likely to be injured by a space rock than you might think. But will asteroid dangerous for us on Earth? How about asteroid impact influence life on Earth?
Jan 14th: Comet Ahoy & Earth’s Wobble
Today Travelers in the Night will share a story from the past about the close encounter of Comet P/2016 BA14 with Earth and Earth’s motion as a key to understand climate change
Jan 7th: Could Be Twins & Spray Paints
Today Travelers in the night take you to discuss about a pair of possibly related comets pass unusually close to Earth and a gentle method of causing an asteroid to miss planet Earth.
Dec 31st: Martian Lakes & Why
We may be able to learn about the possibilities of life on Mars by studying land forms on the Tibetan Plateau here on Earth. And what motivates asteroid hunters? Large dangerous asteroids are still out there to find.
Dec 24th: Lost & Now Three
Finally found after 75 years! Asteroid 878 Mildred! Also the Catalina Sky Survey has a newly refurbished 40″ robotic telescope that is only used for follow-up observations so that the venerable 30″ & 60″ can look for new targets.
Dec 17th: Fragment & Enceladus’ Ocean
Today story is about the discovery of 2016 DP that formed after two large asteroid collided in asteroid belt. And also Enceladus Ocean. More at #365DayOfAstro
Dec 10th: Tiny Visitor & Salty and Cold
Asteroids are part of our environment and this space rocks constantly have close approaches with Earth & there is increasing evidence that other bodies in our solar system have oceans of salty liquid water in contact with warm rock layers. Could such biodiversity be happening elsewhere?
Dec 3rd: Hot Hand & Dangerous Aten
Today’s Travelers in the night goes back in time to tell a story about the discovery of 21 potential hazardous asteroids and Aten asteroids.