The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...
Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...
A decade ago, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) had just wrapped up the yearslong process of building a ...
Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...
ESA’s Rosetta and Philae mission explored comet 67P, revealing secrets about the solar system’s formation and Earth’s origins ...
On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...
Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...
The Taurid meteor showers offer a yearly spectacle, making November a special month for both amateur stargazers and seasoned ...
The Leonid meteor shower, which started on Nov. 3, will peak above the Connecticut skies beginning on Nov. 17.
Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.
Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is a centaur, a class of objects that orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. However, it displays ...
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