Eric Mack
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Recent articles by Eric:
Bright Green Comet Passing Earth Is Visible in Dark Skies Now
The comet is expected to be the brightest of 2023 and has been seen sporting a rare "anti-tail." → Read More
Bright Green Comet Passing Earth Is Visible in Dark Skies Now and Showing Off
The comet is expected to be the brightest of 2023 and has been seen sporting a rare "anti-tail." → Read More
NASA Webb Telescope Zooms in on One of Solar System's Oddest Objects
The space agency's next-generation observatory grabbed a detailed view of asteroid Chariklo and its unusual rings. → Read More
How to Watch Earth's Extremely Close Encounter With an Asteroid Today
NASA says it poses no threat, but will make the top five list of near misses. → Read More
See a Real-Life 'Terminator' Robot Liquify to Escape a Cage
These shape-shifting miniature robots can go almost anywhere thanks to two superpowers: melting and magnets. → Read More
Rocket Lab's First Launch From the US Could Be Visible to Millions Tonight
The launch could be seen across a wide region, stretching from South Carolina to Maine. → Read More
Common Type of Asteroid Could Be Very Hard to Destroy, Study Finds
The finding has implications for how we might one day protect Earth from a potential impact by a large asteroid. → Read More
A Flying Boat Could One Day Explore Titan, Saturn's Weirdest Moon
NASA grant goes to a project exploring the concept of a "laker" that would land on flammable seas and sip up a sample via a permeable wing. → Read More
Bright Green Comet Passing Earth Will Soon Be Visible to the Naked Eye
The comet is expected to be the brightest of 2023. → Read More
Can't See the Stars in the Night Sky Like You Used To? Blame Skyglow
A phenomenon called "skyglow" is stealing our celestial view, and the impact is far more dramatic when observed by the unaided human eye. → Read More
Saturday's New Moon Will Be Closest to Earth in Over 1,000 Years
The milestone will be hard to see, but it will be felt. → Read More
First Asteroid to Buzz Earth in 2023 Came Closer Than Many Satellites
No need to panic, but oddly enough, we missed this one as it approached. → Read More
SpaceX Prepping for First Full Test Fire of Its Mega Starship Rocket
The Super Heavy booster designed to get Starship to orbit has never before lit up all 33 of its engines at once. → Read More
NASA's James Webb Telescope Finds Its First Exoplanet, a Major Milestone
The world isn't too far off and nearly the exact same size as Earth. → Read More
Major Milestone: NASA's James Webb Telescope Finds Its First Exoplanet
The world isn't too far off and nearly the exact same size as Earth. → Read More
A Comet Zooming Toward Us Could Soon Be Visible With the Naked Eye
Its name is a mouthful, but Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) could be the brightest of 2023. → Read More
The Fires Came First, Then the Floods: My Year of 'Weather Whiplash'
A changing climate is also contributing to rapid, unpredictable changes in local weather. → Read More
Huge Volcanic Outburst Spotted on Jupiter Moon Io
The tempestuous world is the most volcanically active in the solar system. → Read More
How To See the 2023 Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak in a Flurry of Fire This Week
This shooting star show will be the last big one for a few months. → Read More
Newly Discovered Asteroid Is a Weird 'Mini Moon' on a 200-Year Visit to Earth
The space rock looks to have been captured by our planet's gravity over 60 years ago. → Read More