Wirtanen – Brightest comet of the year is coming
Comet Wirtanen is coming! The 1.2 kilometer object is earmarked to become the brightest comet of 2018. However, we hasten to add that this comet is […]
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Comet 21P – Closest Approach
On Monday September 10, 2018 a Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner will reach closest approach to the Earth at a distance of 0.39AU (36 million miles). This will […]
Comet 21P passes through Cassiopeia
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner has been well placed throughout June and July for northern hemisphere observers as the icy ball of dust passed through the high altitude, […]
PanSTARRS (2017 S3) in 2nd outburst
On 30 June Comet PanSTARRS 2017 S3 caught astronomers attention as the ball of ice and dust endured an outburst resulting in a jump in […]
Comet 21P Approaching North America Nebula
At the time of writing Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner passed 58 Cygni (Latin v Cygni) a binary star in Cygnus which shines at magnitude 3.94 and 6.40. This […]
‘Tunguska’ Size Asteroid Buzzes Earth
An asteroid comparable to the to the asteroid that exploded in the Tunguska region of Siberia in 1908 buzzed past the Earth on Sunday 15, […]
Asteroid 2018 CB Earth Flyby
Asteroid 2018 CB was discovered on February 4th by the Catalina Sky Survey at visual magnitude 19. This week has been a busy one with regard to […]
Newly discovered asteroid passes Earth
Asteroid 2018 BD was only discovered on 18 Jan, 2018 by the Catalina Sky Survey and slipped past the Earth at 0.2 times the distance […]
Chaotic Blue Comet
Throughout Autumn 2017, Comet C/2016 R2 PanSTARRS has been watched closely as it showed some bizarre behavior. The icy object located beyond the orbit or […]
Geminid Meteor Shower 2017
On the night of December 13-14, 2017, the annual Geminid meteor shower peaks this month to grace the winter night sky with ‘shooting stars’. This […]