Category: astronomy
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Newly Discovered Comet Maybe Interstellar Visitor
A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to have originated from outside the solar system. The object is designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), and wasdiscovered on Aug. 30, 2019, by Gennady Borisov at the MARGO observatory in Nauchnij, Crimea. The official confirmation that comet C/2019 Q4 is an interstellar…
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Small Asteroid Exploded in Our Atmosphere
On Saturday, the Earth’s atmosphere was impacted by a small meteor. This confirmed by scientist. The incident occurred on June 22, 2019 at 5:25 p.m. EDT. NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite along with others detected the flash over the Caribbean, about 170 miles from Puerto Rico. The object, designated Asteroid 2019 MO, was detected prior to…
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Small Asteroid FlyBy March 21, 2019
house-sized asteroid was discovered by astronomers at the Mount Lemmon Observatory outside of Tucson, Arizona on March 9, 2019
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Successful touchdown on an asteroid.
the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 touched down on the surface of the target asteroid Ryugu for sample retrieval
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Odd sand dunes found on Mars
Just like Earth, Mars has sand dunes.On February 14, 2019, NASA’s Mars orbiter, Odyssey has revealed a large dune field that is shaped roughly like a hexagon on the crater floor in the Terra Cimmeria section of the southern highland region of the planet.
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Opportunity Mission Ends
One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, the mission of NASA’s Opportunity comes to an end after 15 years of exploring the surface of Mars.
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Deflecting an Asteroid
Scientists are planning a mission, what they are calling the first planetary defense test. They plan to deflect an asteroid and alter its path.
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Sunday night’s Super Blood Wolf Moon
It was overcast when I went into the backyard to see the rising of the Supermoon Sunday night. The super blood wolf moon. was due to appear.
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2019 Full Supermoon Total Eclipse
The first full moon and the first lunar eclipse of 2019 will occur on Sunday night-Monday morning, January 20-21, 2019.
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Mysterious Signals From Space, Again!
Astronomers in Canada have detected mysterious repeating signals for a second time coming from space.