... Asteroids in the Distance . ... Rocks from space hit Earth every day. ... Unusual M82: The Cigar Galaxy . ... Asteroids . ... This earth-approaching asteroid was discovered by SpaceWatch astronomer Jim Scotti in December of last year. ... When the Moon's shadow reached out and touched the Earth last month, the result was a Solar Eclipse. Such an eclipse is total only for observers located along a narrow path corresponding to the ground track of the shadow's dark central portion or "umbra". ...