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Eddie Irizarry

Eddie Irizarry

Eddie Irizarry of the Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (Astronomical Society of the Caribbean) has been a NASA Solar System Ambassador since 2004. He loves public outreach and has published multiple astronomy articles for EarthSky, as well as for newspapers in Puerto Rico. He has also offered dozens of conferences related to asteroids and comets at the Arecibo Observatory.

Best comet of 2018 is approaching

By and in Astronomy Essentials | Space | 5 days ago
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen isn’t bright in any absolute sense. It currently requires a telescope to be seen. But it’s getting brighter and might reach visibility to the eye alone before the end of 2018.

Small asteroid passed closer than TV satellites

By in Space | 3 weeks ago
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Newly-discovered Asteroid 2018 UA made an extremely close approach to Earth on Friday morning. Luckily, the space rock was too small to be dangerous.

Asteroid 2018 EB has a moon

By in Space | 4 weeks ago
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Binary asteroids – that is, asteroids with moons – aren’t uncommon. More than 300 have been discovered so far. Astronomers found a moon for 2018 EB when it swept closest to Earth on October 7.

Are asteroids hiding among the Taurids?

By in Astronomy Essentials | Space | 4 weeks ago
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And, more to the point, are any asteroids that might be hidden in the Taurid meteor stream potentially hazardous to Earth?

MASCOT returns 1st image from asteroid Ryugu

By and in Space | 1 month ago
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Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft deployed the MASCOT lander to asteroid Ryugu yesterday. Now, MASCOT has returned its 1st image. An international team of engineers and scientists in Germany is standing by.

Latest images via Japanese rovers on asteroid Ryugu

By in Space | 2 months ago
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Japan’s space agency JAXA released new images today from the rovers set down on the surface of asteroid Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft.

Best pics of the comet as it swept safely past

By in Space | 2 months ago
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Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner came closer to Earth this week than it had in 72 years. Favorite photos here, from the EarthSky community. Plus info on comet Wirtanen, which might become visible to the eye alone later this year.

Curiosity finds strange object on the surface of Mars

By in Space | 3 months ago
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The Mars Curiosity rover captured images of this strange object on the planet’s surface on Monday. What is it? NASA scientists have figured it out.

Asteroid 2017 YE5 turns out to be double

By and in Space | 4 months ago
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Asteroid 2017 YE5 swept by Earth in late June. Turns out, it’s a double asteroid, with both bodies almost identical in size and not touching – only the 4th such object ever detected.

Fragments found for small asteroid that exploded over Russia last week

By in Human World | Space | 5 months ago
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The meteor was seen over Russia on June 21. Now scientists from Ural Federal University are reporting finding meteorite fragments from the event. Plus … why are so many large meteors seen over Russia?