Exploring the Latest Discoveries in Space

The greater technology that is developed, space exploration reaches new heights in its ability to search deeper into the nature of our universe. New discoveries are made almost daily now by NASA and by both government and private organizations. Scientists have tools at their fingertips that permit closer investigation into space that allows them to make new analyses of formerly perceived theories and prior discoveries.

What has been discovered in the recent months?

1. Asteroid 2007 TU24 Flyby

Asteroid 2007 TU24 (information taken from website link above)

Asteroid 2007 TU24 is flying past the Earth by 1.4 lunar distance (538,000 km) on 30 January at 4:33pm UT+8 . The 250m-wide space rock is not going to collide with Earth. The magnitude of TU24 is 10th so a telescope with at least 76 cm can reveal the asteroid.

This will be the closest approach until the next century. It’s also the asteroid’s closest Earth approach for 2,000 years. Asteroid 2007 TU24 was discovered by the NASA-sponsored Catalina Sky Survey on Oct. 11, 2007.

2. Weird science news headline of the morning: Our world may be a giant hologram

Posted by Fausta Wertz January 17, 2009 9:18AM

Categories: Princeton

A fascinating article on the latest science discoveries,
Our world may be a giant hologram

3. Solar Eclipse to Cause Counterfeit Twilight
Visit this link for the full story on Space.com

Solar Eclipse set for January 26, 2009

4. Traveling through a Supernova's Graveyard
Click the link above to view the video from space.com

5. The year in science: 'God particles' and the cloak of invisibility?

BY ROGER SCHLUETER - News-Democrat

Like a modern tower of Babel story, a new quest to find the "God particle" got off to an all-too-human start in 2008.

The Midnight Writer