[Update: October 13: Asteroid 2010 TD54 flew within the orbit of the moon on Oct. 11 while astronomers watched to see if the encounter caused any quakes on the space rock. It was flying over Southeast Asia, near Singapore, at the time. Astronomers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston used a remote link with a NASA Infrared … Read the rest of this article
Asteroid 2010 TD54 Flyby
October 11, 2010
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Phobos Flyby Images
March 16, 2010
Images from the recent flyby of Phobos, on 7 March 2010, are released today. The images show Mars’ rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution of just 4.4 metres per pixel. They show the proposed landing sites for the forthcoming Phobos-Grunt mission.
ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft orbits the Red Planet in a highly elliptical, polar orbit that brings it … Read the rest of this article
Colorado Super Bolide
December 11, 2008
On Dec. 6th, 2008 at 1:06 a.m. MST, a meteor of stunning brightness lit up the skies over Colorado, USA. Astronomer Chris Peterson photographed the event using a dedicated all-sky meteor camera in the town of Guffey, near Colorado Springs:
“In seven years of operation, this is the brightest fireball I’ve ever recorded,” says Peterson. “I estimate the terminal explosion … Read the rest of this article
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