Comets
Dances With Comets – C/2010 V1 Ikeya Murakami
For those of you working on your Comet Hunter's certificates - or for those who just love these travelers from…
Hartley 2 in Motion: Stunning Morph Animation of Flyby Images
The folks from UnmannedSpaceflight.com have done it again. Daniel Machácek created this wonderful animation from just the five initial images…
First Close Images of Hartley 2: It’s a Peanut with Jets
[/caption] NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft came within 700 kilometers (435 miles) of Comet Hartley 2 at 10:01 a.m. EDT (1401…
Hartley 2 Spawns Meteor Shower
[/caption]The comet of the year for 2010 seems to be Hartley 2. Although this comet is receding from Earth now…
Watch Live Coverage of EPOXI’s Hartley 2 Encounter on Nov. 4
Watch live coverage of the EPOXI mission's close flyby of Comet Hartley 2. Live coverage begins on November 4, 2010…
A Comet that Gives Twice?
[/caption]While historically, meteor showers were portents of ill omens, we know today that they are the remnants of ejecta from…
Comet Hartley 2 Scouted by WISE, Hubble for Upcoming Encounter
[/caption] In a little less than a month, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft (its current mission is called EPOXI) will fly…
Trojans May Yet Rain Down
It would be an interesting survey to catalog the initial reactions readers have to "Trojans". Do you think first of…
Fully Functional Pan-STARRS is now Panning for Stars, Asteroids and Comets
[/caption] There's a new eye on the skies on the lookout for 'killer' asteroids and comets. The first Pan-STARRS (Panoramic…
Many Famous Comets May be Visitors from Other Solar Systems
[/caption] Most comets are thought to have originated great distances away, traveling to the inner solar system from the Oort…