* Astronomy

Asteroid 2018 CR2 makes a close approach to the Earth (0.0600 AU) at 18:33 UT, 18th February 2018.

Asteroid (369) Aeria, provisional designation 1893 AE, is a metallic asteroid and the parent body of the Aeria family. The asteroid was discovered on 4 July 1893, by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly at the Marseille Observatory in southeastern France Read more

Asteroid 2018 CK2 makes a close approach to the Earth (0.0927 AU) at 23:32 UT, 17th February 2018.

Comet C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (7.248 AU) on the 17th February 2018.

Comet 185P/Petriew makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.098 AU) on the 17th July, 2012.

Tibetan New Year on the 16th February 2018. Read more

Chinese New Year on the 16th February 2018. Read more

Yosemite National Park unveils 400-acre expansion Yosemite National Park in California is to gain a 400-acre addition, its largest expansion in nearly 70 years. Ackerson Meadow features wetlands and rolling hills that are home to endangered wildlife Read more

Asteroid 2018 CZ makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.072 AU) at 12:10 UT, 16th February 2018.

Asteroid 2018 CX2 makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.0441 AU) at 15:54 UT, 16th February 2018.

The 570 - 1300 metre wide asteroid 2001 FD58 will make a close pass (58.5 lunar distances, 0.1502 AU), travelling at 22.76 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th February, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the di...

Asteroid (189) Phthia was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on September 9, 1878 in Clinton, New York Read more

Asteroid 2018 CU2 makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.0057 AU) at 04:17 UT, 15th February 2018.

Asteroid 2018 CB1 makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.0247 AU) at 04:29 UT, 15th February 2018.

Asteroid 2018 CC1 makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.0361 AU) at 11:33 UT, 15th February 2018.