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How to see Comet A3, which could be the best comet in a decade. Neanderthals walked the Earth last time it flew by.
Comet A3 hasn't been past Earth since the Neanderthals. It'll be visible across the Northern Hemisp…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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WATCH: Massive comet fragment blazes up in beautiful blue flames over Portugal and Spain
In Portugal, a fragment of an unidentified comet streaked through the atmosphere at a blistering 45…
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A comet larger than Everest will streak through the night sky in the coming weeks. Here's how to see it.
12P/Pons-Brooks, a comet with possible volcanic activity on its surface, will become increasingly v…
Marianne Guenot
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The asteroid NASA crashed into looks like a comet now, with a forked tail, Hubble image reveals
NASA is watching the asteroid Dimorphos closely since the DART spacecraft slammed into it. The come…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet.
Edmond Halley didn't just write about comets. His manuscripts on lunar and solar eclipses sold at a…
Jenny McGrath
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Comet Neowise will burn bright over India for the next 20 days after two earlier comets fizzled out
Comet Neowise will be visible in India’s skies for the next 20 days as it approaches the Sun for th…
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Lucknow prepares to view Stone-age 'green comet' that'll be seen end of January
The comet, named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), will light up the sky in the last week of January or early F…
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We may be the only humans to ever see the green Comet Nishimura. Here's how, when, and where to spot it best.
See the Green Comet Nishimura now or possibly never. The iridescent, celestial body is gracing our …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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The real science behind the mysterious 'Devil Comet' that's larger than Mount Everest and erupting for reasons scientists don't fully understand
The 12P/Pons-Brooks comet is passing by Earth for the first time in the 21st century.
Jessica Orwig,Charles R. Davis
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A mysterious green comet is approaching Earth and could be visible to the naked eye soon. Here's how to see it.
Comet Nishimura is already visible with small telescopes. If it survives the sun, it will be visibl…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA captures an exploding comet on its hunt for planets outside our solar system
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was on the hunt for planets outside our …
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An asteroid is acting like a comet — confirming what scientists have speculated for years
Asteroid 2019 LD2 isn't your typical space rock, and it's not acting like it either.
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See the rare green comet in pictures so you know what to look for in the sky
Night-sky photography is offering a sneak peek at the green-comet spectacle you could spy with bino…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Green Comet will be closest to earth on Feb 1. Here's the science behind its ghoulish glow.
A comet is essentially a galactic snowball. Physics explains why the green comet's head is green, b…
Marianne Guenot
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Asteroid gets caught changing colours for the very first time
Asteroid’s aren’t supposed to leave two trails of dust behind them — and neither were they supposed…
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NASA skywatcher says a brand-new 'meteor storm' from a shattered comet might blaze across night skies next week
The Tau Herculids meteor shower could be a dramatic cosmic display, and the first "meteor storm" si…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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We could be the last humans to see the green comet passing Earth for the first time since the Ice Age. Here's how, where, and when to watch it.
Bright green Comet ZTF may be visible to human eyes for the last time ever. Here's how, when, and w…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Kenneth…
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A green comet that takes about 50,000 years to complete its orbit around the sun will come closest to Earth for the first time since the Stone Age
The comet will be visible in late January and early February. Here's how to watch it, why it's gree…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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This comet was supposed to be the brightest of 2020 — now it's falling apart in the skies above us
Comet ATLAS was supposed to be the brightest comet of 2020 — so bright that people would be able …
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The Lyrid meteor shower will leave 'glowing dust trains' across the sky on Thursday. Here's how to watch.
Every April, Earth passes through a trail of debris left behind by a comet. As debris enters our at…