Asteroid DA14 Seen as it departs Earths Orbit
Outbound Near-Earth Asteroid, as Seen from Spain This set of images from the La Sagra Sky Survey, operated by the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca in Spain, shows the passage of…
Category Archives: Astronomy
Russian Meteor aftermath, Cleanup begins, NASA increases size estimate
Experts describe it as a “Small” object. The day after what NASA describes as a “small” meteor exploded in the atmosphere above Russia people are still in shock over this…
Over 1000 Hurt by Meteor over Russia, Not related to Asteroid DA14
Today a meteor streaked through the skies above Russia’s Urals region and exploded with a flash and boom that shattered glass in buildings and left about 1,000 people hurt, Russia…
Asteroid DA14 will pass between Earth and Moon 2/15
Update 2/15/13 – Asteroid 2012 DA14 has safely passed Earth and is now moving away from us. The asteroid close approach was 17,500 miles as predicted. This asteroid was not…
New definition may decrease the number of potential habitable planets
The number of potentially habitable exoplanets will be impacted A team of astronomers from Penn State led by Ravi Kumar Kopparapu and Ramses Ramírez, also PHL collaborators, announced a redefinition of…
Kepler out of Safe mode, back in science collection
The Kepler spacecraft, NASA’s lead planet finder has returned to operations and is once again planet hunting. After a “wheel rest” safe mode that began on January 17, 2013, NASA’s…
NASA’s Kepler observatory enters a modified Safe Mode
The Kepler observatory has stopped it’s science data operations due to concern about a second reaction wheel issue. Reaction wheels are used to point the observatory and are critical to…
Suborbital telescope gives best ever view of suns energy
NASA Telescope Observes How Sun Stores and Releases Energy WASHINGTON — A NASA suborbital telescope has given scientists the first clear evidence of energy transfer from the sun’s magnetic field…
