Solar Orbiter Snaps Footage of Christmas Comet
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Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Long-period comet C / 2021 A1 (Leonard) was discovered in early January this year by astronomer…
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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 last spring,…
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…
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…
Don’t Miss the Orion 2020 Meteor Shower; Here’s How To See It
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So, are you ready to make a wish? This month, we will witness a mesmerizing cosmic even; the 2020 Orionids…
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…
Here’s Why Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua Is Likely Alien Tech After All According to a Harvard Professor
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Back in 2017, humankind witnessed something in space that was never before observed: a strange object zooming through our cosmic…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This is What it Would Look Like if the Biggest Asteroid in the Solar System Collided With Earth
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Earth is thought to have been born as a result of repeated asteroid collisions, and Earth’s faithful satellite the moon…
Gobekli Tepe Symbols Reveal A Comet Bombarded Earth Around 13,000 Years Ago
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One of the most enigmatic and mysterious temples on the planet’s surface is located in modern-day Turkey. The site, identified…
Scientific Evidence Suggests a Comet set “Earth on Fire” 13,000 Years Ago
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An unprecedented, catastrophic global event left huge marks on the planet and civilization. Scientists have uncovered paleontological evidence in southern…