This week we have stories about Chang’e 4, China lunar mission whose visited the far side of the Moon and the impact which created Stickney, the giant crater in Phobos.
May 2nd: Exploding Space Rocks & Night Sky Surprise
On July 24, 2019 the American Meteor Society received nearly 50 reports of a lime green fireball as bright as the full Moon streaking across the skies of Ontario.
Apr 25th: Weirdest Star & Lunar Telescope
HD 139139 or “Random Transiter” had 28 random sharp narrow dips in brightness in only 87 days. And Perhaps new discoveries will be made from the lunar surface by building lunar telescope.
Apr 18th: Impact Mars & Dragonfly
A given piece of ground on Mars receives several times more space rock impacts than a similar sized area on Earth. And NASA plans to fly a drone-like aircraft called Dragonfly around the surface of Titan.
Apr 4th: Asteroid Zoo & Missing
In 2018 Asteroid Hunters discovered 1,839 previously unknown space rocks and statistically, asteroid hunters are thought to have discovered 90 to 95% of the Earth approaching asteroids larger than about 3,000 feet in diameter.
Mar 28th: Most Dangerous in 2018 & Toughest Asteroid
Mar 21st: Deafening Silence & Kowalski’s Forever Comet
More than 50 years of searching for signals from other civilizations in the Universe has produced a deafening silence.
Mar 14th: A Three-City-Block-Sized Asteroid & Things That Dim In The Night
Carson Fuls and Jess Johnson discovered 2015 DH155, a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and Dr. Alice Quillen wonder if there are objects which dim in ways that will tell us about their natures.
Mar 7th: Tied For Third & Buzzed By An Asteroid
Alex Gibbs found his 27th comet. This discovery brings him into a tie for third place, in the list of observers. And Carson Fuls and Jess Johnson discovered 10’ diameter 2015 DD1.
Feb 28th: NASA RADAR Finds Asteroid Moon & Ready Yourself For Alien
RADAR images of 2004 BL86 shows a small moon. And Carl Sagan said that “The Universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”