3 Striking Hubble Images Reveal the Disintegration of Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS
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NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with the sharpest vision to date of the disintegration of Comet…
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C/2019 Y4 Atlas: The Comet That Witnessed The Creation of the Pyramids Breaks Up Into Several Pieces
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Comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas, discovered December 28, 2019, on a trajectory approaching the Sun, has disintegrated into several fragments, with evident…
The Return of ATLAS, The Comet That “Witnessed” The Construction of the Pyramids
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There’s a comet heading our way. It is not going to impact Earth and will past millions of kilometers away…
Newly Discovered Comet—Atlas—is Getting Extremely Bright as it Heads Our Way
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There’s a comet heading our way—not it won’t crash into Earth—and astronomers are getting excited because, as it makes it…
A Comet Explosion 1,500 Years Ago Destroyed Ancient Settlements Across North America
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Some 1,500 years ago, a comet crossing into the inner solar system got too close for comfort to our planet….
Rare Object That’s Both an Asteroid and a Comet Imaged by Experts
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The recently discovered object of the Main Belt called (248370) 2005 QN173 has now been recognized as a rare “asteroid…
Pyramid-Era Comet Was Part of Even Larger Space Chunk
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Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found that Comet C / 2019 Y4 (ATLAS), which unexpectedly disintegrated in 2020,…
Massive Comet Near Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Photographed by Hubble
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Astronomers studied comet P / 2019 LD 2 (ATLAS) using ground-based telescopes and the Hubble and Spitzer space observatories. The…
Here’s How To See Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, a Comet not Visible Again Until the Year 8786
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There’s a massive comet that can be observed with the unaided eye, and it’s your perfect opportunity to witness an…
Astronomers Just Found a New Meteor Shower Caused by an Unknown Comet
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According to reports, a new meteor shower has been detected by astronomers, caused by a still unidentified long-period comet that…
NASA’s SOHO Solar Observatory Snaps Image of Massive Comet SWAN
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In late May and early June, Earthlings will get a glimpse of Comet SWAN and will do so with the…
Prehistoric Comet Designated SWAN (C/2020 F8) Set to Light Up the Sky
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There are quite a few comets that can already be seen with binoculars, keeping us entertained during the global pandemic…
C/2019 Y4: A Comet With a Coma Half The Size of The Sun Breaks Into Pieces
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Comet Atlas, officially designated ATLAS (C/2019 Y4), has apparently fragmented into several pieces as it makes its way towards the…
Interstellar Comet 14 Times the Size of Earth Explodes and Breaks Up in Two
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A comet 14 times the size of Earth (including its coma and tail) which originated in a solar system far…
A Comet “Half The Size of The Sun” Set to Zoom Past Earth Later This Month
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Comet ATLAS, whose Coma is around 15 arcminutes in diameter, falls somewhere between the Sun (1,392,000 km diameter) and Jupiter…
How Well Do You Know Planet Saturn? Here Are 10 Key Facts
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Everyone knows that Saturn, the sixth planet and the second largest after Jupiter, has the most luxurious ring system in…
Massive Object From “Outside” Our Solar System Heading Our Way—10 Things You Should Know
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Astronomers have discovered a new trans-Neptunian object that may be the largest Oort Cloud object ever discovered. The diameter of…
Astronomers Map One Million Previously Unknown Galaxies
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Astronomers have found at least one million new, previously unknown galaxies in the universe. They are calling it the biggest…
Mindboggling Beauty: Here Are 8 of the Closest Images of the Sun Ever Taken
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The unique aspect of the Solar Orbiter mission is that no other spacecraft has been able to take images of…
Cosmic Smile: Are Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon Aligning to form a Happy Face in the Night Sky?
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According to various online claims (including the BBC), this Saturday, May 16, 2020, the Moon, and the planets Venus and…