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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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Watch A Mountain-Sized Comet Zip By Mars During A Once-In-A-Million-Years Event Sunday
Scientists think that Comet Siding Spring formed between one to two million years after the birth o…
Jessica Orwig
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The largest comet ever seen, estimated to have an 80-mile nucleus, is barreling toward the inner solar system
The comet, which is bigger than the state of Rhode Island, is hurtling toward the inner solar syste…
Yelena Dzhanova
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COMET ISON: The Most Exciting Thing To Happen On Thanksgiving
In the first and most exciting scenario, ISON could survive the passage of the sun and continue on …
Dina Spector
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Second mysterious interstellar space object to fly through our solar system has an official name
Now it officially has a name — 2I/Borisov. The 2I represents that it’s the second interstellar…
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NASA's Hubble space telescope just took incredible photos of a visiting comet from another star system
"New comets are always unpredictable," Max Mutchler, another member of the Hubble team, said in the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Comet ISON May Have Survived!
"It now looks like some chunk of ISON's nucleus has indeed made it through the solar corona, and re…
Dina Spector
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How To See The 'Comet Of The Century' Today
NASA spacecraft and astronomers are waiting to see if it will survive its perilous trip around the …
Dina Spector
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Scientists have measured a comet's impenetrable shield in action for the 1st time
They also found that Comet 67P has more potassium but less calcium than other comets of its kind. T…
Jessica Orwig
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What you're really seeing during a meteor shower
Now some meteor showers are more spectacular than others, giving us anywhere from a few to over a h…
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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A new image of a mysterious object careening toward our solar system strongly suggests it's the first comet from another star system
Gennady Borisov, an amateur astronomer in Crimea, first spotted C/2019 Q4 in the sky on August 30. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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This Comet Stinks
The chemicals that make up these nasty smells on Earth are usually pretty dense whereas the chemica…
Jessica Orwig
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The space rock that doomed the dinosaurs was shrapnel from a comet that flew too close to the sun, a Harvard study suggests
The origin of the space rock that killed the dinosaurs has been a mystery. A new study suggests it …
Aylin Woodward
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Astronomers may have seen the first 'alien' space rock from beyond our solar system - but some have doubts
The main question is whether A/2017 U1 has an orbit that's elliptical (oval-shaped and around the s…
Dave Mosher
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The Human Race Is About To Land A Space Probe On A Comet
Known as Philae, the three-legged lander must not descend too slowly or too quickly, its trajectory…
Matthew DeBord and Reuters
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Comet Neowise is easily visible in the night sky this week. Here's when and where to look for it.
Comet Neowise will rise higher in the sky after each sunset this week, offering prime viewing — no …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An amateur astronomer caught one of the brightest fireballs ever seen on Jupiter. Watch the rare video footage.
An asteroid or comet smacked Jupiter on camera. Only a few impacts this big and bright have ever be…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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This alcohol-laced comet spewed 500 wine bottles' worth of booze per second
So tracing the ingredients for the origin of life all the way back to comets and asteroids that for…