Comets
NASA Answers Your Questions About Comet Elenin
[/caption] Lord knows, we've tried. We've featured a couple of articles about Comet Elenin to try and answer questions and…
Now in the Night Sky: Comet Garradd
[/caption] If you haven’t already, it’s time to start looking for Comet Garradd! This comet, with the nomenclature C/2009 P1,…
New Impact Rate Count Lays Nemesis Theory to Rest
[/caption] From a Max Planck Institute for Astronomy press release: Is the Earth more likely or less likely to be…
Worried About Comet Elenin? FAQs from Ian Musgrave
[/caption] Astronomer and blogger Ian Musgrave from South Australia has been active in debunking the misinformation and nonsense that is…
New Comet Approaching!
[/caption] Pan-STARRS... Doesn't that conjure up an image of a faceless stranger whispering in the dark, passing their hand over…
EPOXI Encounters Energetic Comet Hartley 2
[/caption] No, EPOXI isn't the name of a new super glue, but an abbreviation for the continuation of Deep Impact.…
Rosetta… Stoned Again
[/caption] About 163 million kilometers and three more years separate brave little ESA spacecraft - Rosetta - from comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.…
Comet Elenin: Just Passing By
[/caption] It starts out innocently enough: a small speck against a field of background stars, barely noticeable in the image…
Comet Death-Dives into Active Sun
The SOHO spacecraft coronagraph captured a sun-diving comet on May 10th and 11th that met its demise as it plunged…
A Cometary Case for Titan’s Atmosphere
[/caption] Titan is a fascinating world to planetary scientists. Although it's a moon of Saturn it boasts an opaque atmosphere…