Comet gets too close to the sun and is caught on video
Celestial collisions happen quite frequently in our known Universe, but it is always a treat when one of them is caught on camera for the world to see. Take for example the images […]
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A farewell to Discovery and its payload of urine
Considering last week marked the end of the final flight for the Space Shuttle Discovery, it is not surprising that many space enthusiasts looked up to catch a glimpse of the spacecraft on […]
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Halley’s Comet debris rains down May 6 with Eta Aquarid meteor shower
Get your alarm clocks ready. The Earth’s skies will be brushed by meteors from Halley’s Comet Friday morning. Though you’ll still be able to see the meteors in the mornings before and after […]
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Perseid and Delta Aquarid meteor showers team up to produce one great show
If you missed the Eta Aquarid meteor shower back in May, the summer is packed full of meteor showers for you to feast your eyes on. For those of us in the Northern […]
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NASA is developing a cannon harpoon to collect comet samples
NASA has managed to recover rock samples from the Moon by actually landing on it. However, that’s quite a big, slow moving target with relatively flat surfaces on which to land a spacecraft. […]
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Microsoft sues UK retailer Comet for selling counterfeit Windows CDs
In the UK there are a few well known electronics retailers still operating stores across the major cities and shopping parks. One of those is Comet, which sells just about every home electrical […]
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NASA spots comet ISON on its way to inner solarsystem
Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) is currently hurtling toward Earth’s general vicinity, and NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft has made visual contact for the first time. The video above is composed of images...
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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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