Comet 73P caught breaking apart
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has been caught breaking apart in to two pieces on its journey passing the Earth by astronomers at the Slooh observatory. On the […]
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Has comet 45P lost its tail?
With the re-emergence of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova from conjunction this month, it seems to have lost its mojo. With a visual brightness of magnitude 8, the comet is dimmer than […]
Asteroid 2017 BS32 Earth flyby
First we had asteroid 2017 AG13 on 9th January, then there was asteroid 2017 BX a few weeks later. The third instalment was smaller asteroid […]
Comet 45p re-emerges from conjunction
Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova re-emerges from conjunction this week climbing progressively out of twilight each morning as the icy rock heads in to the constellation of Aquila. With a visual […]
Asteroid 2017 BH30 Earth Flyby
At 04:51 GMT today, asteroid 2017 BH30 is yet another newly discovered object that flew past the Earth at a close distance. Discovered by the Catalina Sky […]
Asteroid Earth flyby number two
Asteroid 2017 BX is another significant incoming object headed towards the Moon-Earth system next week, the second this month after asteroid 2017 AG13 whizzed by the […]
New asteroid Earth flyby!
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2017 AG13 is about to fly by the Earth tonight at 00:47 GMT (07:47 EST). It whizzes past at half the […]
Two Comets Meet in 2017
In the Spring of 2017, two reasonably bright comets are gracing our skies as they carry out their separate journeys through the solar system. Although the […]
Bright Comets of 2017
With the exception of US10 Catalina at the beginning of the year, 2016 was a bit of a damp squib for bright comets when compared […]
The Misleading ‘Supermoon’
As much of the media have reported, on the night of November 14th, a ‘Super’ full Moon will rise visually being the biggest and brightest for […]