Indisputable proof that life existed or currently exists on the planet Mars has yet to be found. However, tantalizing pieces to this mystery continue to be discovered.
Jan 31st: A Football Field-Sized Asteroid Comes Near & A Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid To Pay A Visit
When the football field-sized asteroid comes near and a skyscraper-sized asteroid to pay a visit. This is the story of 2014 YE42 and 2014XL7
Jan 24th: Ballistic Capture & 3 PHAs Discovered In A Single Night
Spacecraft destined for Mars have so far used the Hohmann transfer to achieve an orbit about the red planet.
Jan 17th: A Dwarf Water Planet in Our Solar System & Rose’s First Asteroid
Today we have stories about the dwarf planet Ceres and asteroid 2014 YW14 discovered by Rose Matheny
Jan 10th: Green Meteors & A Banner Year For Asteroid Hunters
In 2014 asteroids hunters discovered more than 1,450 Earth approaching objects making it the most productive year yet.
Jan 3rd: Eighteen Sleeps Later & Asteroids Accessible By Human Space
Dec 27th: Mining Asteroids & How Close Will It Come To Us?
Science fiction writers have long imagined human space colonies which use the resources they find. Dana Stabenow’s Star Svensdotter Series is an excellent recent example.
Dec 20th: A New Chapter In The Human Exploration Of Space & Your Reality Fueled Spacecraft
The first unmanned test flight of the new NASA Orion Spacecraft went perfectly. And the story of Eyes on The Solar System to explore the solar system and beyond
Dec 13th: Small Asteroids in Earth-like Orbits & Jupiter Trojan Confusion
The discovery of 10 foot diameter asteroid using University of Arizona 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon.
Dec 6th: Navigating the Earth/Moon Dance & Little Asteroid On An Inside Track
Some months the asteroid hunting community finds more than a half dozen small asteroids that pass closer to the Earth than our Moon.