See an Asteroid, Capture a Meteor! It’s been said by many that “luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”. Australian photographer Colin Legg has proven that true. He set out to capture last Friday’s fly-by from asteroid 2012 DA14 and accidentally caught with a burning meteor entry. Think about it! You set up your camera to capture something well-planned and expected, and out of nowhere you see a burning fireball rush through your field of view, complete with its wispy vapor trail. Too cool. In the full high-definition video (which you should really check out), you can also see a number of other man-made satellites moving through the frame. Altogether, one of the coolest space sequences I’ve seen in a long time. (via EarthSky)
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See an Asteroid, Capture a Meteor!

It’s been said by many that “luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”. Australian photographer Colin Legg has proven that true. He set out to capture last Friday’s fly-by from asteroid 2012 DA14 and accidentally caught with a burning meteor entry.

Think about it! You set up your camera to capture something well-planned and expected, and out of nowhere you see a burning fireball rush through your field of view, complete with its wispy vapor trail. Too cool.

In the full high-definition video (which you should really check out), you can also see a number of other man-made satellites moving through the frame. Altogether, one of the coolest space sequences I’ve seen in a long time.

(via EarthSky)

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ARMAGEDDON! Saving Earth By Blowing Up Asteroids?

Howdy folks, I played “guest scientist” for Fact or Fictional with Veronica Belmont this week. We discussed just how unscientific the movie Armageddon was. In 151 minutes, they make at least 168 scientific mistakes. Here’s a few of them.

If we pointed out all of the mistakes, this video would have been about an hour long. But there’s so, so, so many more. Needless to say, this one’s total fiction. Anyway, enjoy my face, on your screen, talking about science!

(by TheTechFeed)

With today’s fly-by by asteroid 2012 DA14 (which wasn’t really a cause for alarm), it’s a good time to remind everyone of the time that I sat down with Veronica to talk about how bad the asteroid science is in the movie Armageddon.