2016 was another record year for asteroid hunters where they discovered 1,894 new Earth approaching objects. And large space rock can approach the Earth & appeared as a bright star
Mar 9th: Asteroids 2016 & Suddenly Bright
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Mar 7th: Temperatures That Kill
Let’s take a fast-paced journey thru all that’s new in space and astronomy, including a potentially killer asteroid, a new look at the history of Earth’s water, and a mini-quasi-moon.
Mar 2nd: Newborn Planets & Marrakech
Today Travelers in the Night tell us stories about ALMA imaging protoplanetary disk & The Moroccan Oukaimeden Sky Survey discovery of asteroids & comets.
Feb 25th: Asteroid Doom and Gaia Gloom
The world veers towards madness, asteroids threaten destruction and Gaia is no more. But the planets are putting on a show and Pluto is 95, so that’s alright…
Feb 23rd: Dust Stories & Big Splash
Micrometeorites can be collected from a roof’s gutter! And another story about what would happen if a large impactor hit our oceans.
Feb 16th: WOW! What a Ride & Dangerous Comet
Richard Kowalski discovered a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and the real impact danger to Earth comes from comets, not asteroids.
Feb 9th: Caves of Mars & Lost and Found
Today’s Travelers in the Night talk about large reservoirs of water in lava tubes on Mars and about asteroids get lost and rediscovered
Feb 7th: Cool Worlds, Exploding Stars, & An Asteroid That Missed Earth
Feb 2nd: Weird Centaur & Psyche Water
The discovery of another centaur, 2016 WM48 and the story about Asteroid (16) Psyche
Jan 26th: What If An Asteroid is About To Impact Earth & Scary Space Rock
Today’s Travelers in the Night is about pulverize a small asteroid so that it would not enter the Earth’s atmosphere & about the 2023 VS3.