Asteroid 2017 BH30 Earth Flyby
At 04:51 GMT today, asteroid 2017 BH30 is yet another newly discovered object that flew past the Earth at a close distance. Discovered by the Catalina Sky […]
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Asteroid Earth flyby number two
Asteroid 2017 BX is another significant incoming object headed towards the Moon-Earth system next week, the second this month after asteroid 2017 AG13 whizzed by the […]
New asteroid Earth flyby!
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2017 AG13 is about to fly by the Earth tonight at 00:47 GMT (07:47 EST). It whizzes past at half the […]
Two Comets Meet in 2017
In the Spring of 2017, two reasonably bright comets are gracing our skies as they carry out their separate journeys through the solar system. Although the […]
Bright Comets of 2017
With the exception of US10 Catalina at the beginning of the year, 2016 was a bit of a damp squib for bright comets when compared […]
The Misleading ‘Supermoon’
As much of the media have reported, on the night of November 14th, a ‘Super’ full Moon will rise visually being the biggest and brightest for […]
Great American Eclipse Countdown
The next total solar eclipse is the big one. The countdown has started with 365 days to go… Video by americaneclipse2017.org @mattastro www.facebook.com/americaneclipse2017/
Mercury Transit 2016
On Monday 9th May 2016 the planet Mercury transited across the Sun. The event was visible from the America’s, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, most […]
Comet 252P/Linear Double Flyby
After Comet 252P Linear’s Closest approach on Monday, its much fainter companion is making an even closer encounter with Earth on Tuesday 22nd. Discovered much more recently than its bigger brother, 2016 BA14 will flyby at a distance of just 9 lunar distances, or 2.1 million miles. This makes it the second closest approach of any comet in history (the last being this close was way back in 1770). [Read more…]
Comet 252P/Linear Close Approach to Earth
On March 21st, Comet 252p/Linear made a close approach to Earth at a distance of only 0.036AU (33.5 Million Miles). This makes it the 5th […]