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.
Aug 26th: All Things Ceres
Join us today as we cover all the news about Ceres revealing the existence of a salty subsurface ocean and active cryovolcanism
Aug 23rd: Fossil Ice & Catastrophic Wreckage
Beyond, what solar system scientists now call the “snow line”, 4.6 billion years ago, crystals of ice formed and were trapped inside accreting chunks of material
Aug 16th: Close Space Rock & Tough Space Rock
Aug 9th: Ancient Crater & October Fest
The use of Barlangi Rock as a sharp tools by Aboriginal people and the discovery of 240 Earth approaching asteroids by Catalina Sky Survey
Aug 2nd: Pre-Autumnal Harvest & Heavy Traffic
Today we have stories about 23 Earth approaching objects and four small space rocks zipped through the Earth-Moon neighborhood.
Jul 27th: Hannes Is Back & Monster Space Rock
Jul 19th: Farming Mars & Wet Nights
The major challenges to colonize Mars is how to supply the air, food, and water necessary to survive and flourish. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Jul 12th: Back On The Sky & Exploring The Lunar South Pole
Eric Christensen discovered 2019 QK and 3 other space rocks. And also the race to explore the Moon by robots and eventually human lunar colonists is on.
Jun 21st: Exploding Space Rocks & Night Sky Surprise
Today @Nmcanopus will discuss about a beach ball sized object came from asteroid belt that entered Earth atmosphere and night sky measurement at Cosmic Campground International Dark Sky Sanctuary