On Thursdays I share with you some of my favorite things or stuff that makes me go “wow.” SpaceWeather.com often has photos that make me go “wow.” Space weather is all about what is going on up there beyond the clouds. They track auroras and often have stunning photos. They alert you to lunar and solar eclipses. They have photos and stories of meteor showers. And so much more.
Remember seeing satellites in the sky, for us older folks it use to be a novelty. We would be looking at the stars and suddenly one would start moving and that would be a satellite. Now artificial satellites are fairly common. Well, these folks at SpaceWeather.com sometimes know what those moving bright lights are and when best to see the favorites, such as the International Space Station (ISS)- see Satellite Flybys in the sidebar.
They keep track of other stuff too! Including asteroids that are a little too close for comfort. And you know when you make a mistake, lose something valuable for instance, you kind of hope that everyone forgets it after awhile. Well, when one of the space station astronauts accidentally let go of the bag of instruments she was using during an outside space station job, Space Weather tracked that bag for MONTHS! They only stopped because the bag was pulled in to the Earth by gravity and burned up! And you know how the government likes to sometimes launch secret missions? Well, they track those too!
Anyway, some night check out the ISS. It is brighter than any satellite you have ever seen as it zooms across the sky.
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