Comets
Asteroid Collision May Have Created Comet-like Object
[/caption] A strange comet-like object discovered on January 6, 2010 may actually be the result of an asteroid collision. Lincoln…
15 years ago
Comets Posing as Asteroids (or is the the other way around?)
[/caption] Asteroids are rocky bodies which belong between Mars and Jupiter. Comets are icy bodies that belong way out beyond…
15 years ago
Crescent Earth as Seen by Comet Chasing Spacecraft
Title this one "Rich Blue Crescent" (as opposed to Pale Blue Dot.) This spectacular image of our home planet was…
15 years ago
Deep Impact
[/caption] Deep Impact is the name of a NASA space mission whose primary objective was to study Comet Tempel 1…
15 years ago
Comet, Cometary Dust Formed in Different Parts of Solar System
Scientists studying the particles of comet dust brought to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft have uncovered a bit of a…
17 years ago