Bad News for 2010 Armageddonists: Comet Elenin Won’t Destroy Planet Earth!
Often, comets are portrayed as harbingers of gloom and doom in movies and on television, but most pose no threat to Earth. Comet Elenin, the latest…
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Comet Elenin Will Be in the Sky in October
Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system this fall/autumn. Comet Elenin (also known by its astronomical name C/2010 X1), was first detected on Dec. 10,…
Read the articleESA Rosetta Comet-Hunter to Sleep Through the Loneliest Leg of Its Mission
Artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter and lander On 8 June, mission controllers had the first opportunity to switch ESA’s Rosetta comet-hunter into deep-space hibernation for…
Read the articleThe ESA Remembers the Night of the Comet
Comet Halley’s nucleus as seen by Giotto Twenty-five years ago, ESA made its mark in deep space. A small spacecraft swept to within 600 km of…
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NASA Releases Images of the Crater Left by Deep Impactor on Comet Tempel 1 in 2005
NASA’s Stardust spacecraft returned new images of a comet showing a scar resulting from the 2005 Deep Impact mission. The images also showed the comet has…
Read the articleNASA’s Stardust Spacecraft Completes Comet Flyby
Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., watched as data downlinked from the Stardust spacecraft indicated it completed its closest approach with comet Tempel…
Read the articleNASA’s Stardust-NExT Closes in for Valentine’s Day Rendezvous With Comet Tempel 1
NASA is about to discover how solar heat devours a comet. Stardust-NExT chases a comet, an artist’s concept. [more] “For the first time, we’ll see the…
Read the articleComet Storm Nosedives Into the Sun
The sun has just experienced a storm—not of explosive flares and hot plasma, but of icy comets. “The storm began on Dec 13th and ended on…
Read the articleSuccessful EPOXI Flyby of Comet Hartley 2
NASA’s EPOXI mission spacecraft successfully flew past comet Hartley 2 at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday. Scientists say initial images from the flyby provide new information about…
Read the articleComet Hartley 2 Update
NASA’s Deep Impact (EPOXI) probe is closing in on Comet Hartley 2 for a daring flyby today (Nov. 4th). The small but active comet is full…
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