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 […]
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‘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 […]
Leonid Meteor Shower 2017
This month the annual Leonid meteor shower returns once again to fill the night sky with ‘shooting stars’. This shower has become somewhat famous thanks […]
Orionid Meteor Shower 2017
One of the best meteor showers of the annual calendar occurs this weekend. The Orionids often produce very bright and fast meteors. The name is […]
Comet ASASSN1 – Circumpolar for Perihelion
Comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN1) is now located between the constellations of Perseus and Auriga heading towards Camelopardalis (at the time of writing). This now places […]
Asteroid 2012 TC4 – Watch it Live
2012 TC4 is an asteroid measuring 20 meters in diameter earmarked to whiz past the Earth on Thursday, 12 October 2017 at an exceptionally close […]