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…
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Massive Comet Heading Our Way Likely Larger Than Mars’ Moons
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Astronomers have determined that the diameter of the nucleus of C / 2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) from the Oort cloud is…
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 last spring,…
Astronomers Photograph Gargantuan-Sized Comet Heading Our Way
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Earlier this year, astronomers announced the discovery of a massive object from the Oort Cloud that appeared to be the largest to date. Fast-forward a few weeks and we already know that the object is a gargantuan-sized comet – C/2014 UN271. the largest comet ever discovered.
Catastrophic Comet Impact 13,000 Years Ago Likely Sparked the Rise of Civilization
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An international team of scientists has presented a new study with evidence that a comet impact could have triggered a…
Comet Impacts on Jupiter Help Scientists Reveal Storms of Unimaginable Proportions
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Analysis of comet impacts on Jupiter have helped scientists reveal the existence of storms with winds of unimaginable proportions. Of…
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…
Newly-Discovered Comet Heading Our Way Could Become Brightest in Decades
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The new year has barely started and scientists have already reported the discovery of the first comet of 2021. Officially…
Unwritten Mystery: Did A Massive Comet Impact Destroy an Advanced Civilization on Earth 13,000 Years Ago?
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As the best-selling author and researcher Graham Hancock explains in his book “Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of…
NASA Spacecraft Reveals Unexpectedly Soft Surface and Interior of Distant Comet
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More and more curious discoveries of strange stellar objects are being revealed literally on a daily basis. Water on the…
10 Of the Brightest Comets You Probably Didn’t Know About
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The night sky fascinates me for some unfathomable reason. I have had the opportunity to witness a few wonders of…
A Hypnotizing Video of Comet NEOWISE Spewing Gas and Dust in Spiral Motion
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Video footage that was created out of a sequence of eight images reveals the intricate rotation of comet NEOWISE and…
Comet NEOWISE Survives Trip Around the Sun, and Hubble Photographs it Up Close
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The Hubble space telescope has managed to photograph comet NEOWISE after it slingshotted around the Sun, making its way towards…
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…
Eta Aquarids: How to See Comet Halley’s Shooting Stars
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is set to provide us with a stunning view of dozens of shooting stars, as…
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…
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…
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…
Astronomers Scan Interstellar Comet 2l/Borisov Making Unexpected Discovery
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Last year, our Solar System received an interstellar visitor: an object designated 2I/Borisov. By pointing the Atacama Large Millimeter /…
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…