On 2 Jan. 2025, the just discovered near-Earth Asteroid 2025 AC is making a very close, but safe encounter with the Earth, bringing it as close as 140.000 km from the Earth, 36% of...
On 30 Dec. 2024, the just discovered near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YW8 is making an extremely close, but safe encounter with the Earth, bringing it as close as 28.000 km from the Earth, 7% of...
We imaged the near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YJ7 a few hours before its very close, but safe encounter with the Earth, bringing it as close as 321.000 km from us, 83% of the average lunar...
We imaged the near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YN7, confirming it at the discovery time, around its very close, but safe encounter with the Earth on 30 Dec., when it came as close as 157.000 km...
We captured the supernova SN 2023ixf in the stunning Messier 101 spiral galaxy again, more than 19 months after its explosion, spotting it very faint The image above comes from the average of 12,...
On the night of 29 Dec. 2024, an extremely bright fireball was visible from Italy, we luckily captured it with our allsky camera. The image above comes from our allsky camera, light was collected...
Here it is the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 WY70, going to have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth next 18 Jan., coming as close as 6.3 millions of km from...
We observed the near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YC on its way to a safe close encounter with the Earth on 22 Dec., when it came as close as 461.000 km from us, 160% of the...
While it is fading and leaving the inner Solar System, we imaged comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS again, now that the dense Milky Way on the background is making it harder to see. The image...
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Next 3 Jan. 2025 the Moon and Venus, the brightest objects in the night sky, will meet at sunset, offering a stunning view. We will share this show live, online! The Moon and Venus...
Next 3 Jan. the Quadrantid meteor shower will reach its peak of activity and we will share it live, online: join us from the comfort of your home! Next 2-3 Jan. 2025 the Quadrantid...
Next 4 Jan. 2025, the Moon will offer us an amazing show: the occultation of Saturn, the ringed planet. The Virtual Telescope Project will share this wonderful event live, online. We are proud to...
After putting on a stunning show, comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is now a fond memory. We will look at it for Christmas, sharing images in real-time! We had a great time with this comet,...
On 11 Dec. 2024, the near-Earth asteroid 2024 XS16 safely came extremely close to our Earth, coming as close as 48.000 km from its center, a bit more than geostationary satellites. We captured it...
– Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2008 DG5 (5 June 2025)
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