Keep an Eye Out for Solar Sail FlaresKeep an Eye Out for Solar Sail Flares
<p>It’s a calm and peaceful night. Stars twinkle in the velvety darkness overhead as a distant plane blinks silently on the horizon. You could almost hear a pin
<p>It’s a calm and peaceful night. Stars twinkle in the velvety darkness overhead as a distant plane blinks silently on the horizon. You could almost hear a pin
<p>Asteroid 2003 UV11 will fly past Earth on Oct. 29th and 30th (2010) at a distance of only 1.2 million miles. Its minimum (closest) approach to Earth happens at 02:24:00
<p>[<strong>Update: October 13:</strong> <em>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
<p>A curious object is about to fly past Earth only one-third the distance to the Moon. </p> <p>Cataloged as a 10m-class asteroid, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K10/K10A59.html">2010 AL30</a> has an orbital period of
<p><strong>May 7, 2007:</strong> This week, asteroid 1862 Apollo is flying past Earth.</p> <p>Closest approach: 11 million kilometers on May 8th at 1500 UT.</p> <p>Discovered in 1932, Apollo was the first asteroid recognized
<p>“On Dec. 14, 2006, we observed at least five Geminid meteors hitting the Moon,” reported Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL. Each impact caused an explosion