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Nov 13th: Great Night & Jupiter’s Comet

by Al Grauer | Nov 13, 2022 | Travelers in the Night

Today Travelers in the Night will tell a story about the discovery of a dozen new Earth approaching object candidates including 2015 XY1 and Jupiter’s comet 2015 XL128.

Oct 30th: Stretch Marked Moon & Life’s Core

by Al Grauer | Oct 30, 2022 | Travelers in the Night

Today we have the story about The end of the line for the moon of a planet is when it reaches the Roche Limit distance from its host and a modern ribosome found in a particular organism is organized into layers

Oct 28th: Weekly Space Hangout News Roundup

by WSH team | Oct 28, 2022 | Weekly Space Hangout

Time for October news roundup with WSH Crew. We have DART success story, bizarre cool nebula, reusable rocket, supermassive black hole. More at #365DaysOfAstro

Oct 17th: Smashing Asteroids for Science!

by Astronomy Cast | Oct 17, 2022 | Astronomy Cast

This week we saw the incredible image of DART smashing into asteroid Dimorphous. Beyond avenging the dinosaurs, what can we learn scientifically from this and other asteroid/comet impact missions.

Oct 16th: Toy Asteroid & Stealthy Asteroids

by Al Grauer | Oct 16, 2022 | Travelers in the Night

Today we have story about an asteroid small enough to fit under basketball hoop visiting Earth, Moon, & Mars and NEOWISE ability to spot asteroid.

Oct 15th: Deep Astronomy – Asteroid Apophis is Coming in 2029

by Tony Darnell | Oct 15, 2022 | Deep Astronomy

The Asteroid Apophis is going to get very close to Earth in 2029! How/will it impact us? Apophis is classified as a Potential Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) to Earth and astronomers want to use the event to learn more about how these celestial bodies will affect Earth.

Oct 12th: The DART Mission Successfully Boops Dimorphos

by Pamela Gay | Oct 12, 2022 | The Daily Space

NASA’s DART spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Didymos, targeted the moonlet Dimorphos, and successfully flung itself at the surface. Multiple observations confirm that the system brightened and even managed to resolve a cloud of debris.