<p><a target="_blank" href="http://spaceobs.org/en/tag/comet-elenin/">Comet Elenin</a> 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, 2010
<p>Starting in 1992, astronomers have become aware of a vast population of small bodies orbiting the sun beyond <a target="_blank" class=link href="../../category/neptune/">Neptune</a>. There are at least 70,000 “trans-Neptunians” with diameters
<p>Comets are small Solar System bodies that orbit the <a href="https://www.nightskyobserver.com/category/the-sun/">Sun</a> and, when close enough to the Sun, exhibit a visible coma (atmosphere) or a tail — both primarily from