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Asteroid 2014 SC324 Zips By Earth Friday Afternoon – Tips on How to See it
What a roller coaster week it's been. If partial eclipses and giant sunspots aren't your thing, how about a close flyby…
Comet Siding Spring: Close Call for Mars, Wake Up Call for Earth?
It was 20 years ago this past July when images of Jupiter being pummeled by a comet caught the world's…
Speed Demon Asteroid Sprints Safely Past Earth Today
Earth-approaching asteroid 2014 RC ripped pass Earth today, got its orbit refashioned by our planet's gravity and now bids us adieu. I…
Get Ready for Sunday’s Close Flyby of Asteroid 2014 RC
Guess who's dropping by for a quick visit this weekend? On Sunday, a 60-foot-wide (20-meters) asteroid named 2014 RC will…
If the Sun Were the Size of a Person, How Big Would an Asteroid Be?
I love anything that attempts to provide a sense of scale about the Solar System (see here and here for…
Ceres and Vesta Converge in the Sky on July 5: How to See It
I bet you've forgotten. I almost did. In April, we reported that Ceres and Vesta, the largest and brightest asteroids respectively,…
Awesome Radar Images Reveal Asteroid 2014 HQ124’s Split Personality
On June 8, the 370-meter (about 1,300-ft.) asteroid 2014 HQ124 breezed by Earth at a distance of just 800,000 miles (1.3…
How Sentinel Will Hunt for Hidden Asteroids
Asteroids of various sizes whiz past our planet all the time. Some we know about, but many we don't, and…
Asteroid 2014 KH39 Zips Just 1.1 LD from Earth – Watch it LIVE June 3
Got any plans Tuesday? Good. Keep them but know this. That day around 3 p.m. CDT (20:00 UT) asteroid 2014 KH39 will silently…
Asteroid 2013 UQ4 Suddenly Becomes a Dark Comet with a Bright Future
On October 23, 2013, astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey picked up a very faint asteroid with an unusual orbit more…