Comets

Sub-surface Oceans In Early Comets Suggest Possible Origin of Life

[/caption] A new study claims early comets contained vast interior oceans of liquid water that may have provided the ideal…

15 years ago

1908 Tunguska Event Caused by Comet, New Research Reveals

[/caption] The 1908 Tunguska event has always been mysterious and intriguing because no one has been able to fully explain…

15 years ago

Ice on the Moon? NASA, ISRO May Collaborate to Find Out

[/caption] The debate has endured since the early 1960's: could there be water ice hiding in deep, dark craters near…

15 years ago

Catching Up With Comet Yi-SWAN

[/caption] Now that the Moon is out of the early evening sky, far northern observers are out in force hunting…

15 years ago

New Comet Yi-SWAN

Are you ready for the new kid on the block? Its name is Comet Yi-SWAN and it's not going to…

15 years ago

Was the Tunguska Fireball a Comet Chemical Bomb?

[/caption]Over a century ago, on June 30th, 1908 a huge explosion detonated over an unpopulated region of Russia called Tunguska.…

15 years ago

Comet Lulin Approaches M44 and Eskimo Nebula

[/caption] Have you ever wondered what it would be like to step into space and have a look at solar…

15 years ago

Comet Lulin Video – Watch the Outgassing Process

Roughly 38 million miles from Earth and traveling at a relative velocity of 140,000 miles per hour, the speedy Comet…

15 years ago

How To See Comet Lulin

[/caption] We've received a few emails asking for more information about how to attempt to observe Comet Lulin. And Sky…

15 years ago

Swift Spacecraft Keeping an Eye on Comet Lulin

[/caption] The Swift spacecraft is doing double duty these days. Normally, the Gamma-ray Explorer satellite is on the lookout for…

15 years ago