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ESA Awakens Rosetta’s Comet Lander
Little Philae is awake! ESA sent a wake-up call to the 100-kg (220-lb) lander riding aboard the Rosetta spacecraft this…
Happy Equinox! – A Perfect Time to See the Zodiacal Light
Welcome to the first day of spring! If you have a clear night between now and April 1, celebrate the…
New Comet Jacques May Pass 8.4 million miles from Venus this July
Congratulations to Cristovao Jacques and the SONEAR team! On March 13 they snared C/2014 E2 (Jacques) in CCD images taken with a…
NEOWISE Spots a “Weirdo” Comet
NASA's NEOWISE mission -- formerly known as just WISE -- has identified the first comet of its new near-Earth object…
Two Comets Pass in the Night Bound for Your Telescope
Remember comets Lovejoy and C/2012 X1 LINEAR? We dropped in on them in late January. On Feb. 6 the two cruised…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 334: Chelyabinsk
Around this time last year a space rock crashed into the Earth above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It brightened the skies for…
Wake Up, Rosetta!
It's being called "the most important alarm clock in the Solar System" -- this Monday, January 20, at 10:00 GMT…
Comets Prospects for 2014: A Look Into the Crystal Ball
As 2014 opens, most of the half dozen comets traversing the morning and evening sky are faint and require detailed…
Subaru Telescope Captures the Fine Details of Comet Lovejoy’s Tail
Comet ISON may be no more than just a cloud of icy debris these days but there's another comet that's…
NASA’s STEREO Spacecraft Spots Comets ISON and Encke
As comets ISON and Encke continue toward their respective rendezvous with the Sun, they have now both been captured on…