Psyche Spacecraft will use multiple instruments to map, measure, and characterize an unknown weird world & Carson Fuls discovered two comets.
Jan 12th: 3 Close Approaches & Naming Asteroids and Comets
Today’s Traveling in the Sky tells story about three small space rocks passed through the Earth-Moon system during a six hour period
Jan 3rd: Science Here & Far
This week we take a loot at Dark Comets, Io’s gooey mantle, the colonization of a Ryugu sample, galaxies growing too fast too early, and more.
Jan 2nd: The Observer’s Calendar for January 2025
Happy New Year and let’s check what we have in January Observer Calendar with @ActualAstronomy. With Mars at opposition and Venus is at greatest elongation in the evening sky
Dec 22nd: Green Comet & Hycean World
Today’s Travelers in the Night talk about what planet Earth will be like when C/2023 P1(Nishimura) back in 2455 AD.& Hycean Worlds.
Dec 10th: Comets, Cruises & Outreach
Oct 17th: Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas
Actual Astronomy presents Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas and discuss the successes and failures at trying to see this comet.
Oct 9th: Awesome Astronomy AstroCamp Special
This month the episode comes from the dark skies of Wales as it is AstroCamp time! Discussion of Hera and Europa Clipper probes, comet news and the live recording of the Astrocamp panel! Enjoy
Sep 19th: Life Giving & Life Taking Comets
From the medieval portends of doom to the space age, we know they’ve been devastating the solar system for billions of years. But what are they?
Sep 15th: Sensing A Comet & Close One
Today we have stories about using Rosetta to create watercolor paintings, sculptures, a musical collaboration, and smell of comet