The Transiting Exoplanet Satellite which will monitor more than 200,000 much brighter, nearby, stars to detect the tiny dips in light caused by planet
Jan 6th: Falling Space Rocks & TESS
Tag: travelers in the night
Dec 30th: 30 Years of FIreballs & Large and Close
Fireballs are meteors which become brighter than the planet Venus and can sometimes be seen in the daytime. more at #365daysOfAstro
Dec 23rd: 17,000 To Go, Dangerous Trio
Tens of millions near-Earth objects come closer than about 30 million miles to us
Dec 16th: HAMMER, Comets and Asteroids
HAMMER, (still) hypothetical spacecraft to deflect asteroid and a story of the Earth passing by asteroid and comet dust that give us meteor shower.
Dec 9th: Going Far & Small But Deadly
The discovery of Comet C/2018 F3 (Johnson) and asteroid 2018 FO5! You know what? Comet C/2018 F3 will be back in 2037.
Dec 2nd: Cloud 7 & Saint Patrick’s Day Comet
Our podcaster Al Grauer discovered comet C/2018 F1 (Grauer), the Saint Patrick’s Day Comet which will be close to us this month
Nov 25th: Nuking An Asteroid & Two PHA’s
The asteroid Bennu (Ben You) and the story of Richard Kowalski discovered two asteroids in 6,5 hours.
Nov 18th: Not So Secret & Asteroid Homestead
In the future one can envision a space mining family boarding the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Vehicle for a a trip into low Earth orbit! more at #365DaysOfAstro
Nov 11th: Unsung Heroes Near Comets
When asteroid hunters find a moving point of light in the night sky they have no idea of what the object is or where it might be located without additional observations.
Nov 4th: Carson’s Pair & Brian’s Debut
Carson Fuls discovered 2018 CB and 2018 CC in 35 minutes while Brian Africano discovered very small 2018 DR and 2018 DG1 only in 3 hours!