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Stargazers to be offered a good glimpse of comet
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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.
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Green Comet Approaches Earth
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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In 1996, a 7-year-old boy in China bent over the eyepiece of a small telescope and saw something that would change his life--a comet of flamboyant beauty, bright and puffy with an active tail. At first he ...
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.
Swift satellite comet tally highlighted
Apr 24, 2009 |
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A montage of comet images made using NASA's Swift spacecraft illustrates just how different three comets can be. The images, including a never-released image of Comet 8P/Tuttle, were shown during a webcast ...
Swift’s Comet Tally
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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A montage of comet images made using NASA’s Swift spacecraft illustrates just how different three comets can be. The images, including a never-released image of Comet 8P/Tuttle, were shown today during a live, 24-hour video ...
Catch a Comet - No Telescope Required
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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.
Spectacular Photo-op on Saturn
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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Something is about to happen on Saturn that's so pretty, even Hubble will pause to take a look.
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 ...
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 ...
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