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Catch a Comet - No Telescope Required
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2007 |
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Usually comets are challenging little no-see-um fuzzballs. To see one often requires a dark sky, a good chart or a telescope that can "go-to" the object automatically.
Orionids Meteor Shower Lights Up the Sky
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Earth is currently passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, lighting up the night sky with the "fireworks" of the annual Orionids meteor shower.
Mini-Comets within a comet lit up 17P/Holmes during megaoutburst
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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Astronomers from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Hawaii have discovered multiple fragments ejected during the largest cometary outburst ever witnessed. Images and animations ...
Stargazers to be offered a good glimpse of comet
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2009 |
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A green-tinged comet is now buzzing by Earth, and the best chance to see this space oddball might be Monday night.
Rosetta's final Earth boost
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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ESA's comet chaser Rosetta will swing by Earth for the last time on 13 November to pick up energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA's European Space Operations ...
SOHO discovers its 1,500th comet
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Jun 27, 2008 |
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The ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft has just discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all other comet discoverers throughout history put together. Not bad for a spacecraft that was designed as a ...
New comet discovered in Canada
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Oct 14, 2008 |
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Rob Cardinal was looking for an asteroid, but ended up finding a comet. It is the first time a comet has been discovered at the University of Calgary's Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, which is located about 35 kilometres ...
Mystery Comet Explodes into Brightness
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Oct 26, 2007 |
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A once-faint comet has made a sudden leap from obscurity to center stage. Comet 17P/Holmes, now visible to northern hemisphere residents, increased its brightness by a factor of one million this week, going ...
Stardust Logs A Decade Under The Stars
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Saturday, Feb. 7, marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of NASA's well-traveled Stardust spacecraft.
Computer predicts anti-cancer molecules
Jun 17, 2008 |
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A new computer-based method of analyzing cellular activity has correctly predicted the anti-tumour activity of several molecules. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Cancer describes 'CoMet ...
SOHO Mission Discovers Rare Comet
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Sep 27, 2007 |
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The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has discovered a rare periodic comet. SOHO has already discovered more than 1,350 comets during its mission, but this is the first time one of its discoveries ...
Perseid Meteor Shower To Peak Aug. 12
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Aug 07, 2008 |
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The annual Perseid meteor shower will be visible in the night sky throughout Colorado and will peak during the early morning hours of Aug. 12, according to an astronomy expert at the University of Colorado ...
Scientists Probe Green Comet
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Feb 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Space scientists from the University of Leicester are keeping a close eye on a ‘green comet’ fast approaching the Earth - reaching its nearest point to us on February 24.
Comet probes reveal evidence of origin of life, scientists claim
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Aug 14, 2007 |
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Recent probes inside comets show it is overwhelmingly likely that life began in space, according to a new paper by Cardiff University scientists.
Hubble zooms in on heart of mystery comet
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Astronomers have used Hubble’s powerful resolution to study Comet Holmes’ core for clues about how the comet brightened. The orbiting observatory’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) monitored the comet ...
