560-Wet Nights
One of the most frustrating situations for an asteroid hunter is a night when the stars are shining bright above the mountain but the humidity is so high that it is impossible to open the telescope's ...
1 Nov 20192min
48E-60-A Close Visit With A Message
Eric Christensen was observing with the NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey Telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he discovered a bright fast moving object in the night sky. During the next 25 hours it wa...
29 Okt 20192min
559-Farming Mars
On Earth plants provide us with medicines, food to eat, and oxygen to breathe. In the future, in addition to providing treats like strawberries it turns out that tending to the needs vegetables and wa...
25 Okt 20192min
47E-59-Spotting Travelers In The Night
Travelers In The Night from outer space are closer than you may imagine. If you were to go straight up more than 4 miles you would need supplementary oxygen to stay conscious. At 50 - 70 miles, the ...
22 Okt 20192min
558-Exploring The Lunar South Pole
The race to explore the Moon by robots and eventually human lunar colonists is on. Near the lunar south pole human space colonists could use solar energy to power equipment and keep warm, manufacture ...
18 Okt 20192min
46E-58-NASA Hunts For A Special Asteroid
Several years ago the NASA funded Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Program discovered an SUV sized asteroid which comes closer to Earth than about 1/6 of the distance to the Moon. It was2011 MD's ...
15 Okt 20192min
557-Back On The Sky
In the American southwest we welcome the Monsoon rainy season during which the Earth receives much needed moisture. However, after six weeks of clouds, thunder, rain, hail, and lightning asteroid hunt...
11 Okt 20192min
45E-57-Hold A Traveler In The Night In Your Hand
Imagine holding a rock as old as our solar system that has traveled billions of miles through space to reach its present location. It might even be worth real money. We are talking about a meteorite ...
8 Okt 20192min
