A beautiful crescent Moon hangs in the west this evening. Once it sets, the sky opens up for some great stargazing.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Josh Hogan was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Ursa Major with our small but mighty Schmidt telescope when he spotted a fast moving point of light in a set of his images and posted his observations on the  Near Earth Object Confirmation Page or NEOCP for short. The NASA Sentry software system automatically scans the NEOCP and from the initial observations of Josh’s discovery predicted there was a tiny minuscule but non zero chance that it could impact our

Aurora Australis.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

The Moon is hidden tonight, making this an excellent time for stargazing. With no moonlight to compete, fainter stars and the Milky Way shine through.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

Most of the night is Moon-free tonight. The thin crescent only rises just before sunrise, leaving hours of dark sky.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

On December 25, 2017, while searching for Earth approaching asteroids in the constellation of Virgo, the Universe gave my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard a Christmas present in the form of a comet which now bears his name. Comet P/2017 Y3 (Leonard) orbits the Sun once every 31 years on a highly elliptical path which takes it from between the orbits of Earth and Mars out to almost the planet Uranus's average distance from the Sun. Since it has been observed for only a very short piece of

Aurora Australis. A slim crescent Moon rises in the pre-dawn hours, so tonight's skies stay dark all evening. Perfect for stargazing!Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

Aurora Australis. The fading crescent Moon won't appear until early morning, giving you dark skies all night long.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

Aurora Australis.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

Aurora Australis. The Moon is a thin crescent rising before dawn, leaving most of the night beautifully dark for stargazing.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

Remember nights when you tossed and turned, desperately trying to get some sleep? I think we can all relate. Circadian rhythm disorders, known as chronodisruption, arise when the body’s internal clock—governed by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the hypothalamus—falls out of sync with environmental light-dark cycles.

The visually stunning Lunar Crater Pierazzo, named for the late Planetary Scientist Elizabeth “Betty” Pierazzo was observed by the Artemis II Crew as they passed over the Moon’s far side.  It is a 5.9 mile diameter crater with white streaks or rays which extend more than 50 miles in all directions.

Aurora Australis.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

NASA's space weather trackers also note: A M4.2 class solar flare occurred on the Sun.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

Aurora Australis.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

Most asteroids are located in the lonely space between Mars and Jupiter where the average distance between two asteroids is about 600,000 miles. Even though there is a tremendous space between asteroids they occasionally collide and pieces of them become Earth approaching objects. Most of them remain close to the plane of the solar system, however, a few are sent on paths which take them into the extremely lonely space high above and far below the orbits of the planets about the Sun. In 2017, my

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NASA's space weather trackers also note: A M1.3 class solar flare occurred on the Sun. Aurora Australis.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.

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Agency for Defense Development has a South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV on the pad at Sea Launch, set to fly tomorrow.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.