Comets
Was the Tunguska Fireball a Comet Chemical Bomb?
[/caption]Over a century ago, on June 30th, 1908 a huge explosion detonated over an unpopulated region of Russia called Tunguska.…
Comet Lulin Approaches M44 and Eskimo Nebula
[/caption] Have you ever wondered what it would be like to step into space and have a look at solar…
Comet Lulin Video – Watch the Outgassing Process
Roughly 38 million miles from Earth and traveling at a relative velocity of 140,000 miles per hour, the speedy Comet…
How To See Comet Lulin
[/caption] We've received a few emails asking for more information about how to attempt to observe Comet Lulin. And Sky…
Swift Spacecraft Keeping an Eye on Comet Lulin
[/caption] The Swift spacecraft is doing double duty these days. Normally, the Gamma-ray Explorer satellite is on the lookout for…
Last Summer’s Fireball in Pieces on the Ground?
The Bejar bolide photographed from Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain. The incoming fireball is the streak to the right of the…
Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin – A Twist In The Tail
[/caption] When Chi-Sheng Lin of Taiwan's Institute of Astronomy captured three images on July 11, 2007 with something strange in…
Comet Lulin is On the Way!
[/caption] A new comet is swinging around the sun, and soon it will be more visible to stargazers, perhaps even…
Stardust and Aerogel Return Home Again
[/caption] Remember the Stardust mission that returned samples of comet dust back to Earth in 2006? The spacecraft dropped off…
2012: No Comet
[/caption]According to 2012 doomsday proponents, something big is out to get us. By "something big" I mean some uncontrollable cosmic…