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Comet Impacts on Jupiter Help Scientists Reveal Storms of Unimaginable Proportions
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March 19, 2021
Comet Impacts on Jupiter Help Scientists Reveal Storms of Unimaginable Proportions
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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February 27, 2021
Massive Comet Near Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Photographed by Hubble
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 Comet in Decades
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January 20, 2021
Newly-Discovered Comet Heading Our Way Could Become Brightest Comet in Decades
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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November 11, 2020
Unwritten Mystery: Did A Massive Comet Impact Destroy an Advanced Civilization on Earth 13,000 Years Ago?
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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October 29, 2020
NASA Spacecraft Reveals Unexpectedly Soft Surface and Interior of Distant Comet
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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October 5, 2020
10 Of the Brightest Comets You Probably Didn’t Know About
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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August 26, 2020
A Hypnotizing Video of Comet NEOWISE Spewing Gas and Dust in Spiral Motion
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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August 25, 2020
Comet NEOWISE Survives Trip Around the Sun, and Hubble Photographs it Up Close
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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July 9, 2020
Here’s How To See Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, a Comet not Visible Again Until the Year 8786
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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June 23, 2020
Astronomers Just Found a New Meteor Shower Caused by an Unknown Comet
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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May 14, 2020
NASA’s SOHO Solar Observatory Snaps Image of Massive Comet SWAN
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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May 5, 2020
Eta Aquarids: How to See Comet Halley’s Shooting Stars
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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May 4, 2020
Prehistoric Comet Designated SWAN (C/2020 F8) Set to Light Up the Sky
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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April 29, 2020
3 Striking Hubble Images Reveal the Disintegration of Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS
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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April 21, 2020
C/2019 Y4: A Comet With a Coma Half The Size of The Sun Breaks Into Pieces
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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April 21, 2020
Astronomers Scan Interstellar Comet 2l/Borisov Making Unexpected Discovery
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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April 15, 2020
C/2019 Y4 Atlas: The Comet That Witnessed The Creation of the Pyramids Breaks Up Into Several Pieces
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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April 10, 2020
The Return of ATLAS, The Comet That “Witnessed” The Construction of the Pyramids
There’s a comet heading our way. It is not going to impact Earth and will past millions of kilometers away…
Interstellar Comet 14 Times the Size of Earth Explodes and Breaks Up in Two
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April 4, 2020
Interstellar Comet 14 Times the Size of Earth Explodes and Breaks Up in Two
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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April 1, 2020
A Comet “Half The Size of The Sun” Set to Zoom Past Earth Later This Month
Comet ATLAS, whose Coma is around 15 arcminutes in diameter, falls somewhere between the Sun (1,392,000 km diameter) and Jupiter…
Newly Discovered Comet—Atlas—is Getting Extremely Bright as it Heads Our Way
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March 21, 2020
Newly Discovered Comet—Atlas—is Getting Extremely Bright as it Heads Our Way
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 Impact 13,000 Years Ago May Have Reset Ancient Civilizations
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October 28, 2019
A Comet Impact 13,000 Years Ago May Have Reset Ancient Civilizations
Some 13,000 years ago, a massive comet impacted Earth, changing a planet in more ways than one. In fact, the…