Category Archives: Space

Panstarrs

Comet Pan-STARRS viewable first part of March

Comet PanSTARRS Images Taken from Washington D.C. area 3/14/13   Original Image not enlarged. This gives you an idea if the naked eye view compared to the zoomed in versions….

New Radiation Belt Found Around Earth

(Source NASA) –  Van Allen Probes mission has discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing the existence of unexpected structures and processes within these hazardous regions of…

Russia meteor map

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…

Asteroid DA14

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…

NASA proves it can re-fuel a Satellite on Orbit

NASA’S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies For many years steps have been taken to develop technology to refurbish/refuel satellites while they are in orbit. This month NASA came…

Super-Tiger Balloon Breaks Records While Collecting Data

(Source NASA) – A large NASA science balloon has broken two flight duration records while flying over Antarctica carrying an instrument that detected 50 million cosmic rays. The Super Trans-Iron…

Moon, Jupiter Close Approach Monday-Closest until 2026

The U.S. Presidential inauguration will get a special show Monday as the Moon and Jupiter will appear very close in the sky. The waxing gibbous phase moon, appearing 78 percent illuminated,…

Solar Cycle 24 not following Sun Spot Activity Predictions

Every eleven years the sun experiences a peak of sun spot activity, we are nearing this peak period now but activity is low and below predictions. As you can see…