Comets
How Much Material Was Blasted Off By Deep Impact?
One of the instruments tuned into Deep Impact is NASA's Swift satellite, normally designed to detect and analyze gamma ray…
Gemini Sees Rocky Material on Tempel 1
As Deep Impact's impactor probe smashed into Comet Tempel 1 this week, every available observatory, on land and in space…
Swift’s Take on Deep Impact
Scientists monitoring NASA's Swift satellite had a good view of Deep Impact's collision with Comet Tempel 1. Although the space-based…
Deep Impact Made a Bright Flash
When Deep Impact's impactor spacecraft smashed into Comet Tempel 1, the two objects collided at a speed of 10 km/s…
Deep Impact Smashes Into Tempel 1
NASA's Deep Impact mission completed its primary goal July 4th, when its impactor spacecraft smashed into Comet Tempel 1. NASA…
Deep Impact Releases Impactor
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft released its impactor "probe" Sunday morning, and changed its trajectory to pass a comfortable distance from…
Rosetta Tunes in Tempel 1
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has captured its first photograph of Comet 9P/Tempel 1, Deep Impact's target. Rosetta is…
Deep Impact Sees a Burst from Tempel 1
NASA's Deep Impact spotted an outburst of ice and gas from the surface of Comet Tempel 1, which has been…
Spacecraft Wakes Up for Comet Collision
The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) has been asleep for the past 11 months, but now it's being woken up…
Hubble Sees a Jet on Comet Tempel 1
The Hubble Space Telescope was lucky to watch a jet of dust streaming off of Comet Tempel 1; a prelude…