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.
Mar 7th: Tied For Third & Buzzed By An Asteroid
Tag: travelers in the night
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.”
Feb 21st: A New Discovery – Not! & Great Shefford Observator
Observation of 2015 BY310 with an asteroid 2000 BK19 and the story of Peter Birtwhistle one of unsung heroes of the asteroid hunting community.
Feb 14th: Three Is A Mystery & This Comet Will Never Return
Discovery of three asteroids whose orbits are similar enough to conclude that they are part of an asteroid collision fragment family. And the story of Comet C2013 US10/Catalina.
Feb 7th: Signs Of Life On Mars & Finally A Good Night
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
Today is about New Horizons trip to Kuiper Belt object and asteroid 2014 TW