Asteroid 2024 TH11 flew past Earth at 0.08 LD
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2024 TH11 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.08 LD / 0.00019 AU (29 838 km / 18 540 miles) from the center of our planet at 09:18 UTC on Thursday, October 10, 2024.
Milky Way galaxy is part of a much larger, unseen cosmic superstructure
Laniakea, the supercluster that includes our Milky Way, may just be the start of something even grander, with astronomers finding a 60% chance it belongs to the gigantic Shapley concentration.
Unexpected size changes observed in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Astronomers have discovered that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS), the largest storm in the solar system, is undergoing a surprising oscillation in shape. Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope collected over 90 days, researchers observed fluctuations in the storm’s size, shape, and speed.
Bright fireball over Australia’s east coast
A bright fireball was reported by hundreds of people over Australia’s east coast on the morning of Thursday, October 10, 2024.
Fireball over Andalucia and Murcia, Spain
A bright fireball was observed over Spain’s eastern regions of Andalusia and Murcia at approximately 03:36 UTC on October 6, 2024, featuring a nice final intense flash (fulguration) before disintegrating.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS enters LASCO C3 field of view, first full-resolution science data from STEREO shows comet is very bright
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), discovered in January 2023 by the Tsuchinshan Observatory and the ATLAS project, reemerged from behind the Sun in September and garnered attention from astronomers across the world due to its rapid brightening. On October 7, 2024, the comet entered the LASCO C3 field of view, beginning a series of rare observations accessible to more than just astronomers with specialized equipment.
More than 350 people report exceptionally bright fireball over U.S. Midwest and Canada
A very bright fireball was spotted across the skies of the Midwest at approximately 03:43 UTC on October 6, 2024 (22:43 local time on October 5), and reported by hundreds of eyewitnesses across 11 U.S. states and parts of Canada. The event was analyzed to have originated from a piece of a Jupiter family comet.
Rare early discovery of Kreutz comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) ahead of October 28 perihelion
A new comet discovered by the ATLAS survey on September 27 and provisionally labeled A11bP71 was named C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) on October 1. It will pass its perihelion on October 28 at a distance of approximately 0.0082 AU, which is about 1.2 million km (around 762 000 miles) from the Sun’s center. C/2024 S1 is…
October 2 annular solar eclipse will display a ring of fire visible from parts of South America and the Pacific
An annular solar eclipse, commonly referred to as the “Ring of Fire,” will occur on October 2, 2024. This phenomenon happens when the Moon is at a distance from the Earth that prevents it from fully covering the Sun, leaving a visible bright ring of sunlight.
New sungrazing comet A11bP71 could outshine Venus in October
The ATLAS survey in Hawaii discovered a new sungrazing comet on September 27, 2024, which is part of the Kreutz sungrazing family and is expected to reach its perihelion on October 28, 2024. The comet is yet to be officially named and has been provisionally designated as A11bP71. A sungrazing comet from the Kreutz family…
