applied sciences

  • How to Find and Report Asteroids Because Your Life Is Boring Otherwise

    How to Find and Report Asteroids Because Your Life Is Boring Otherwise

    Along with puzzles, knitting, and baking banana bread, backyard astronomy was something a lot of people got into at the beginning of the pandemic. Two years later, there may not be the same enthusiasm for checking the weekly night-sky forecast and adding upcoming meteor showers to your calendar, but it’s an activity that has been…


  • How to Watch Android 1994 PC1 Hurtle Past Earth Today

    How to Watch Android 1994 PC1 Hurtle Past Earth Today

    This evening, a huge asteroid known as 7482 (1994 PC1) will make its closest approach to us Earthlings for the next 200 years. It’ll pass us by at a cool 76,193 km per hour, so you don’t want to miss your chance to catch a glimpse. Here’s how you can get a once-in-a-lifetime viewing of…