Comets
Rosetta to Make Final Earth Flyby Nov. 13th
The comet chasing spacecraft Rosetta will make its third and final swing by the Earth on November 13th to pick…
Mini Comets Ejected from Comet Holmes Caused Outburst
[/caption] Comet 17P/Holmes caused a sensation in October and November 2007 when overnight, it brightened enough to be visible with…
Amino Acid Found in Stardust Comet Sample
[/caption] NASA scientists studying the comet samples returned by the Stardust spacecraft have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of…
Half Comet-Half Asteroid a Fluke? Nope
[/caption] Back in 1996, astronomers discovered a strange object in the asteroid belt. They decided it was either a "lost"…
Newly Discovered Cometary Route Sneaks Past Jupiter, but Decreases Risk of Earth Impacts
Astronomers have used the comet record -- including 2001 RX14 (Linear) at left, captured in 2002 by the Sloan Digital…
Sub-surface Oceans In Early Comets Suggest Possible Origin of Life
[/caption] A new study claims early comets contained vast interior oceans of liquid water that may have provided the ideal…
1908 Tunguska Event Caused by Comet, New Research Reveals
[/caption] The 1908 Tunguska event has always been mysterious and intriguing because no one has been able to fully explain…
Ice on the Moon? NASA, ISRO May Collaborate to Find Out
[/caption] The debate has endured since the early 1960's: could there be water ice hiding in deep, dark craters near…
Catching Up With Comet Yi-SWAN
[/caption] Now that the Moon is out of the early evening sky, far northern observers are out in force hunting…
New Comet Yi-SWAN
Are you ready for the new kid on the block? Its name is Comet Yi-SWAN and it's not going to…