A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 GP21 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.93 LD / 0.00188 AU (281 243 km / 174 756 miles) on March 31, 2019. It was the second asteroid to flyby Earth that day. The object was first observed at Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala on...
April 24, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 HE flew past Earth at a distance of 0.58 LD / 0.00149 AU (222 900 km / 138 540 miles) on April 20, 2019. This is the 18th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year. This object...
April 22, 2019
A very bright green fireball was seen and recorded streaking through the night sky above northern Germany around 21:50 UTC on April 16, 2019. The American Meteor Society (AMS) received more than 40 reports from Germany, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. Image...
April 17, 2019
A very bright fireball was recorded over New Jersey and Delaware at 02:57 UTC on April 17, 2019 (22:57 EDT, April 16). The event lasted up to 8 seconds. The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 325 reports by 10:20 UTC from Washington DC, Delaware, Massachusetts,...
April 17, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 GN20 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.98 LD / 0.00252 AU (376 986 km / 234 248 miles) on April 12, 2019. 2019 GN20 belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was first observed at Catalina Sky Survey on April 9 and...
April 15, 2019
A very bright fireball was recorded streaking through the night sky over Rio Grande do Sul and State of Santa Catarina, Brazil around 06:23 UTC on April 12, 2019. The event lasted 3 seconds before the object disintegrated. The American Meteor Society (AMS) received...
April 13, 2019
A bright fireball was recorded streaking through the night sky over San Antonio, Texas at 04:14 UTC on April 11, 2019. The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 43 reports by 12:00 UTC on April 12 and received one video and one photo of the event. #Fireball over...
April 12, 2019
A bright fireball was recorded over Spain at 03:06 UTC on April 12, 2019. The event lasted up to 7 seconds before the object disintegrated. The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project (University of Huelva), operated by the Southwestern Europe...
April 12, 2019
CLASP-2 sounding rocket will catapult above Earth's atmosphere for approximately 5 minutes of solar observation today. The launch will take place at the White Sands Missile Range in the New Mexico desert. CLASP-2, short for Chromospheric Layer...
April 11, 2019
Scientists using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have reportedly obtained the first image of a black hole. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. The...
April 10, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 GC6 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.57 LD / 0.00147 AU (219 908 km / 136 645 miles) on April 18, 2019. The object was first observed at Catalina Sky Survey, Arizona on April 9. It belongs to the Apollo group of...
April 10, 2019
A very bright fireball streaked through the night sky over Puerto Rico at 08:01 UTC on April 9, 2019. The event lasted up to 5 seconds before the object disintegrated. The event was recorded from Cabo Rojo by Frankie Lucena. The American Meteor Society received no...
April 10, 2019
A very bright fireball was caught on video as it split into several pieces over Krasnoyarsk, Russia on April 6, 2019. This is the third major meteor event in Russia since December 18. Residents described it as blindingly bright, 'akin to the light and sparks...
April 07, 2019
A daylight fireball streaked through the sky over North and South Carolina at around 10:50 UTC (06:50 on April 4, 2019. The event lasted up to 10 seconds. The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 775 reports by 07:44 UTC, April 5. The event was seen from Alabama,...
April 04, 2019
A bright fireball streaked through the night sky over Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, Brazil at 06:16 UTC on April 3, 2019, and was registered by 4 Exoss stations. The closest station was Observatório do Pico dos Dias (OPD-LNA) while EPS stations of Eduardo...
April 03, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 FV1 flew past Earth at 0.87 LD / 0.00223 AU (333 603 km / 207 291 miles) on March 31, 2019. This is the 15th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and 7th this month. 2019 FV1...
April 01, 2019
April 1 - M104 well placed for observation. The Sombrero galaxy (M104, NGC 4594) will be well placed for observation. It will reach its highest point in the sky at around midnight local time. At a declination of -11°37', it is easiest to see from the...
April 01, 2019