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50km wide comet may hit Mars next year leaving 2km deep crater
We’ve seen the panic that can be caused by small meteorites hitting Earth recently, and while we don’t want anything bigger taking aim at our planet, I’d love to see a major impact […]
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Jupiter’s upper atmosphere is full of water delivered by a comet
How did water get into the upper atmosphere of Jupiter? That has been a mystery since 1997, but one that has now been solved with the help of the Herschel Space Observatory. The […]
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The annual Perseids meteor shower reaches its peak
Astronomy buffs are gearing up for the annual Perseids meteor shower, which has been ramping up for the last few weeks and should peak late on Sunday and into early Monday morning. If […]
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NASA’s SOHO captures a comet diving into the sun
NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has been watching our sun ever since it launched way back in 1995. Since then it has discovered over 2,400 comets and beamed back some stunning footage,...
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Philae has separated from Rosetta and is on its way to the comet surface
At 8:35am GMT this morning the Philae lander attached to the Rosetta spacecraft successfully separated from its mothership. There were a lot of happy people inside mission control at the European Space...
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NASA creates Hedgehog robot to traverse asteroids
Comets and asteroids present unique opportunities for exploration — to see piece of another world that has journeyed across space and into our solar system. However, making a robot that can handle an […]
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Life on Earth may have started with a comet kegger
Lovejoy is one boozy comet. As it skirted across the sky earlier this year, it left a trail of ethyl alcohol in its wake. Researchers estimate Lovejoy may have released somewhere around 500 […]
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Hedgehog rover will be our space guides to asteroids
Researchers best bet to probe asteroids will be with the Hedgehog. Not the cute mammal, but a cubed rover. Surfaces of low-gravity, small-bodied objects in space present unique opportunities for...
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April Meteor Showers Bring May Flowers: Lyrids Expected to Peak Sunday
The universe is pulling out all the stops for this year’s Earth Day: Sunday’s annual environmental celebration will close with the April Lyrids meteor shower. The celestial event, usually lasting 10...
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Sorry, But You Missed This Month’s Peak Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower
Halley’s Comet last appeared in 1986, and isn’t expected to grace us with its presence again until 2061. In the meantime, folks can keep an eye out for this month’s associated Eta Aquariids […] The...
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The Moon’s Got Two New Scars
Our closest celestial neighbor, our younger sibling, as it were, has two new craters. The meteoric wallops were captured on video through a system known as MIDAS. The Moon Impacts Detection and...
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Interstellar Interloper ‘Oumuamua Probably Smaller Than Expected
When an interstellar object entered our Solar System in 2017, scientists scrambled to point their telescopes and discover the cigar-shaped rock’s origin. A year later, astronomers are still baffled by...
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‘Christmas Comet’ Will Be Brightest Comet of the Year
Right before Christmas, Earth will have a close encounter with a comet that’s set to be the brightest comet of the year. Dubbed the “Christmas comet,” Comet 46P/Wirtanen will be making a close […] The...
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NASA Telescope Captures Stunning Sight of 2018’s Brightest Comet
Christmas came early this year as the comet 46P/Wirtanen tore across the sky last week. Don’t worry if you missed it: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope snapped some stunning photos of the icy phenomenon...
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Scientists Find ‘Surprise’ Fragment of a Comet Inside a Meteorite
A meteorite was holding a secret: Researchers recently discovered a tiny, ancient piece of the building blocks from which comets formed encased inside a meteorite, like an insect in amber. The finding,...
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Scientists Discover Possible Interstellar Visitor
Comet C/2019 Q4 as imaged by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Hawaii's Big Island on Sept. 10, 2019 (Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/NASA) A newly discovered comet may have originated outside our...
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Mystery Comet Named After Discoverer
The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System, as imaged by the Gemini Observatory. (via Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA) A newly discovered comet that may have originated outside our Solar System has...
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Astronomers Detect Cyanide in Mysterious Interstellar Comet
The first-ever comet from beyond our solar system, as imaged by the Gemini Observatory. (Photo Credit: Gemini Observatory / NSF / AURA) An international team of astronomers detected gas molecules in a...
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Hubble Snaps Photo of Mysterious Interstellar Comet
Comet 2I/Borisov (Photo Credit: NASA) NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their best look yet at comet 2I/Borisov. The snapshot, taken Oct. 12, is the sharpest view of our interstellar...
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Astronomers Capture Best Look Yet at Comet 21/Borisov
A new image of the interstellar comet 2l/Borisov (left), next to a composite image of the comet with a photo of the Earth to show scale (via Pieter van Dokkum, Cheng-Han Hsieh, Shany Danieli, Gregory...
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