Image CSS Observer Kowalski Strikes Again…As Does Another of His Recently Discovered Earth-Impacting Asteroids! June 4, 2018 For only the third time in history a near-Earth asteroid was discovered before impacting Earth. Remarkably, all three objects have been discovered by one observer at the Catalina Sky Survey. Read more
Image Catalina Sky Survey Posts a Record Year of Near-Earth Asteroid Discovery in 2017 Feb. 25, 2018 The Catalina Sky Survey has been a leader in NEO surveying and discovery for two decades, and recent upgrades to hardware, software and survey strategies have pushed discoveries to all-time records. Read more
Image Catalina Sky Survey Spots SpaceX's Space-bound Roadster Feb. 21, 2018 Catalina Sky Survey observer's succesfully acquired images of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy fast receeding payload: a Tesla Roadster. Enjoy the full story on UA News. (Above Image: SpaceX) Read more
Image Catalina Sky Survey finds double trouble in near-Earth neighborhood Feb. 11, 2018 Two new asteroids discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey had cosmically close flybys, passing between the Earth and moon. Read more
Image CSS Presents Advances at the 2017 AAS Planetary Sciences Meeting Oct. 23, 2017 Telescope and surveying advances at the Catlaina Sky Survey have dramatically increased Near-Earth object (NEO) discoveries. Read more
Image Binary Asteroid-Comet is New Type of Object Sept. 26, 2017 An already unusual solar system object has just become even more curious Read more
Image It’s an Asteroid, It’s a Comet, It’s…well, Both for Now! July 10, 2017 The object known to astronomers as (457175) 2008 GO98, once thought to be a Hilda-type asteroid is now showing signs of cometary activity. Read more
Image CSS in the Spotlight on Asteroid Day June 28, 2017 June 30th, Asteroid Day provides Catalina Sky Survey experts a world-wide stage to explain the science of discovering near-Earth asteroids. Read more
Image Comet Johnson (C/2015 V2) May 18, 2017 Spectacular Comet Johnson becomes a binocular object in May 2017! Read more
Image 2014 JO25 Contact Binary Asteroid May 17, 2017 2014 JO25 appears to be a contact binary asteroid, this from spectacular radar images acquired by NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California. Read more
