NASA’s Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex to bounce RADAR beams off of the asteroid Florence & exploring the concept a fully mechanical rover for Venus
Jun 10th: Moons of Florence & Roving Venus
Tag: travelers in the night
Jun 3rd: Spotting Meteors & Mars Rocks
When is the best time to spot meteors? Check it out with @Nmcanopus. And more info about the Tissint meteor at #365DaysOfAstro
May 27th: House Sized Space Rocks & Jupiter
Throughout history small close approaching space rocks have been a part of our environment. Now, asteroid hunters are routinely discovering these small asteroids as they pass closer than the Moon is to us. more stories at #365DaysOfAstro
May 20th: Newest Moons and Tiny Beasts
How to define lunar calendar based on the first visibility of the lunar crescent. And the recent scientific estimates suggest that a typical human being has the same number of bacteria and other microbes as they do actual human cells.
May 13th: Finding Spacerocks and Dragon Delivers
Finding a meteorite that has traveled billions of miles through space to reach it’s present location is exciting. It might even be worth real money!
May 6th: Tiny Spacecraft, One in 100,000
Tiny Spacecraft, One in 100,000. It’s about the starshot breakthrough and asteroid apophis.
Apr 29th: Florence & 40 Years
Florence, 4th largest Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and more stories about the twin Voyager
Apr 22nd: Phoning Home & Interplanetary Sand Traps
A story about Alina spacecraft and asteroid Itokawa
Apr 15th: Moon Water & Flying By
Asteroid hunters now frequently spot these small asteroids as they come between the Moon and the Earth’s surface.
Apr 8th: Peaceful Star & Martian Debris
The Trappist-1 system of 7 planets orbits a dim M type red dwarf star about 40 light years away in the constellation of Aquarius.