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Jamie Carter

Cardiff

Science and Travel Writer at Freelance

Senior Contributor at Forbes

Award-winning science, astronomy, astro-tourism and solar eclipse journalist. @ForbesScience @SPACEdotcom @LiveScience @TheNextEclipse

Articles

  • 3 days ago | forbes.com | Jamie Carter

    NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed a flyby of a three-mile-wide asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. Called (52246) Donaldjohanson, it’s the second of 11 asteroids the spacecraft will visit in the remaining eight years of its epic mission. Key Facts According to NASA, Lucy flew within 596 miles (960 kilometers) of the three-mile-wide asteroid on Sunday, April 20, at 1:51 p.m. EDT. Lucy had to shield its sensitive instruments from intense sunlight during the flyby.

  • 3 days ago | forbes.com | Jamie Carter

    Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere). Check my main feed for more in-depth articles on stargazing, astronomy, eclipses and more. The Night Sky This Week: April 21-27, 2025This week sees the peak of one of the best meteor showers of the season and a spectacular planetary conjunction build before sunrise.

  • 4 days ago | forbes.com | Jamie Carter

    The Northern Lights may be visible in the U.S. on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center, aurora could be visible during a G2-rated geomagnetic storm. It comes the day after the peak of a major meteor shower.

  • 4 days ago | msn.com | Jamie Carter

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select β€˜I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on β€˜Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 4 days ago | msn.com | Jamie Carter

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select β€˜I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on β€˜Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

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22 Jan 25

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4 Oct 24

RT @PatrickPoitevin: Wow - annular solar eclipse Easter Island. Tandem observation - Clare observing visual. Noticed annularity started mi…

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15 Aug 24

RT @hbhammel: @jamieacarter visits the soon-to-be-finished Rubin Observatory, and shares a wonderful overview of the amazing things in stor…