01.09.2017
A space rock hurtling safely past the earth by more than four million miles doesn't seem like a big deal initially, but in the enormity of space, it's actually a pretty close pass. NASA radar images of Florence obtained on August 29, 2017. The magazine has created a series of charts, including the one above, to help North American observers plot the path of Florence against the backdrop of stars and constellations when it reaches its period of peak brightness, which has already started ...