Today’s Travelers in the Night take us to asteroid mining company Astroforge first mission and discovery of comet 31
Apr 20th: Secret Asteroid Mission & Comet 31
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Apr 13th: Kacper’s Centaur & Josh’s Two PHAs
Centaurs have long puzzled astronomers since they have traits in common with both asteroids and comets.
Apr 6th: Comet C.2023 V5 (Leonard) & Probing The Cosmic Web
A story about asteroid hunting in the constellation of Aquarius & how objects and structures in the early Universe became nearby clusters of galaxies
Mar 30th: Greg’s Destination & Whoppers
Greg Leonard discovered an asteroid which could be visited by human astronauts. Eric Christensen discovered 3,000′ diameter PHA 2017 CH1.
Mar 23rd: Comet Johnson & Space Salsa
Bye bye Comet C2 2015 V2J which discovered by Jess Johnson & won’t be coming back. Also mission to test growing tomatoes in Lunar & Mars.
Mar 16th: The Heat Is On & Near Neighbor
Today’s Travelers in the night discuss about why we must study the climate more, not less. And Carson Fuls discovery of asteroid 2017 AG13.
Mar 9th: Asteroids 2016 & Suddenly Bright
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 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 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.