Comets
Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is Feasting on Asteroids
[/caption] For the past several years, the Chandra telescope has detected X-ray flares occurring about once a day from the…
Beautiful Conjunction: Comet Garradd Meets M92
This lovely image of Comet Garradd (C/2009 PI) as it passes by the globular cluster M92 in the constellation Hercules,…
Can We Land On a Comet?
The Rosetta mission will do something never before attempted: land on a comet. The spacecraft is now on its way…
ISS Soars Over Stormy Africa
Here's a quick but lovely little gem: a time-lapse video taken from the ISS as it passed above central Africa,…
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2011: Top Stories from the Best Year Ever for NASA Planetary Science!
[/caption] A year ago, 2011 was proclaimed as the “Year of the Solar System” by NASA’s Planetary Science division. And…
5 Hours of Beautiful Comet Lovejoy in 30 Seconds
Colin Legg from Esperance, Australia has been documenting Comet Lovejoy's holiday gift to the southern hemisphere, and this is his…
Absolutely Spectacular Photos of Comet Lovejoy from the Space Station
[/caption] Check out this absolutely stunning collection of new Comet Lovejoy photos taken by space station commander Dan Burbank just…
Stunning! Comet Lovejoy Photographed from the Space Station
[/caption] *Now updated with video!* We can't get enough of Comet Lovejoy! But this latest image is off the charts…
Another Stunning Image of Comet Lovejoy by Colin Legg
[/caption] It's been one more day since Colin Legg posted his previous amazing photos and videos of Comet Lovejoy. This…