(596) Scheila – the asteroid that became a comet

A week ago, Steve Larson of the Catalina Sky Survey came across a bright but peculiar looking comet. At 13th … More

In The Sky This Month – December 2010

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

Between Nov 2 and 6 a total of 36 new NEAs have been announced. I say announced rather than discovered … More

The current streak of consecutive nights with a meteor detection is up to 41 now. And with no storm systems … More

This morning EPOXI, the spacecraft formerly known as Deep Impact, flew within 435 miles (700 km) of the nucleus of … More

Comet 103P/Hartley and EPOXI We are only hours away from the EPOXI spacecraft’s (the spacecraft formerly known as Deep Impact) … More

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

Just a quick update on the status of Comet 103P/Hartley 2. This is the 3rd update on 103P (1st update … More

2010 TW54 is the first of 4 small asteroids to buzz the Earth in the past week. I should rephrase … More

Comet Hartley 2 has now reached naked eye brightness for those lucky enough to observe from a dark site. For … More