If you are looking to catch a glimpse at a few passing meteor streaks, try to find the constellation Orion in the night sky, then look up. What you’ll see Head out after midnight, or get up a few hours before the sunrises. You will see about 10 to 20 streaks per hour. These streak do tend to be a… Read more →
The other day, I was considering changing back to “Standard Time” in a few weeks and I started thinking about all of the abstract ways humans think about Time. Not to get too into the weeds here, but the time we keep, at least as a human construct, is really weird. Time is wasting, time is walking Hootie and the… Read more →
I have posted about astronomical “buzz cuts” before, but this one takes it to a new level. Asteroid 2020 SW is about to get really, really close to Earth. According to NASA, an asteroid will pass between the Earth and the Moon during the next 24 hours. The large piece of Space Rock is about 5-to-10 meters in length, about… Read more →
Hurricane Laura made landfall as a strong Category 4 Hurricane. It has sustained wind estimated by the NHC at 150mph at the time. The destruction was catastrophic, some places will never be the same. Before Laura made it into the Gulf, though, this past Sunday, August 23rd, the International Space Station flew over then-Tropical Storm Laura as it was moving… Read more →
I know, I know… One disaster at time. But this is 2020! Disasters come in bunch. Like apples. And just like bunches of apples, there are always a few that aren’t quite ripe. That is this asteroid. On September 2nd, 2020, an asteroid, (2011 ES4), will fly by between Earth and the Moon. Not quite ripe for an impact, but… Read more →
