Hayabusa Is Back!

The sample return capsule of the Hayabusa spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth. The video below was taken by a … More

Hayabusa Returns to Earth

At 1400 hours UT on Sunday June 13 a brilliant fireball will appear over Australia. Unlike most fireballs this one … More

Jupiter gets popped again

Amateur astronomers from Australia and the Philippines have detected an apparent “impact” on Jupiter. The event was captured at 20:31 … More

In The Sky This Month – June 2010

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of June 2010. … More

2010 KQ is probably not an asteroid

A few days back I posted about a very small asteroid orbiting on a very Earth-like orbit. At the time … More

Two Close Asteroid Fly-bys

A day or so ago I posted about a close approach by 2010 KQ, a small asteroid only about 2-6 … More

2010 KQ – a very small, very close asteroid

Small asteroids buzz past the Earth every day. The great majority of them pass by sight unseen. One little asteroid, … More

In The Sky This Month – May 2010

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of May 2010. … More

Asteroid Fly-By Today

A few hours from now (around 2 hours UT on April 9), a small ~20-meter in diameter asteroid will pass … More

In The Sky This Month – April 2010

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of April 2010. … More