Comets
Weekly Space Hangout – June 6, 2014: Comets & Cosmos?
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlien (@briankoberlein) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Matthew Francis (CosmoAcademy.org, @DrMRFrancis)…
New Arecibo Radar Images Show Comet Responsible for Camelopardalids is an Icy, Cratered Mini World
When Comet 209P/LINEAR -- the comet that brought us the Camelopardalids meteor shower last weekend - was first discovered in…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 343: The Universe is Trying To Kill You!
We always say that the Universe is trying to kill you. But seriously... it wants you dead. The Bad Astronomer…
Mars-Bound Comet Siding Spring Sprouts Multiple Jets
Comet Siding Spring, on its way to a close brush with Mars on October 19, has been kicking up a…
Rosetta Wakes Up, Phones Home, Starts Tweeting
The silence from the live video feed from the ESA’s space operations center in Darmstadt, Germany was almost deafening. Scientists…
Watch Live: ESA Waits for Signal from Comet-Chasing Spacecraft
Watch live streaming video from eurospaceagency at livestream.com UPDATE: Rosetta woke up! Read our full story about the acquisition of…
Weekly Space Hangout – December 27, 2013: Year in Review & Looking Forward
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: +Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein), David Dickinson (@Astroguyz), Pamela Gay (@starstryder) Big thanks to Nicole Gugliucci (@noisyastronomer) for…
Is Anything Left of ISON? Spacecraft Continue to Monitor Comet’s Remains
Could Comet ISON possibly still be alive? The latest high-resolution images available from the STEREO spacecraft are still showing some…
Gorgeous Astrophoto: Montage of Comet ISON
Astrophotographer Damian Peach has wowed us with his images of Comet ISON the past few months. Here's a montage of…
Astronomy Cast 324: Sun Grazers
Comets can spend billions of years out in the Oort Cloud, and then a few brief moments of terror orbiting…