Remember to Duck Wednesday Morning

A very small, newly discovered asteroid will make a close flyby of Earth this Wednesday. 2010 AL30 was first seen … More

The Curious Case of Comet LINEAR

An alternate title for this post could be “When a Comet Might Not Be a Comet”. On the night of … More

Sort of the same old, same old the past few nights… a steady drizzle of sporadic meteors, a few weakly … More

January is usually the beginning of the doldrums for meteor observing. With no major showers till the summer and background … More

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

A night after their peak the number of Quadrantids are down sharply. Amazingly the total number of meteors was up from … More

The peak of the Quadrantids was predicted to happen a few hours after sunrise this morning (Tucson time, MST). Activity … More

Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday season. The past week has seen rather low meteor activity with the … More

A few thousand years ago a relatively large comet passed extremely close to the Sun. Whether due to the intense … More

The Meteor Activity Outlook is a weekly summary of expected meteor activity written by Robert Lunsford, Operations Manager of the … More