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Mysterious, city-size 'centaur' comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption
The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...
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How many galaxies orbit the Milky Way?
Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system 's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 ...
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Comet Nishimura's Path Around The Sun In Orbit Animation
Comet C/2023 P1, Nishimura visible from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Space.com Newsom calls special session to ...
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Watch comet ATLAS burn up as it flies into the sun (video)
Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun today (Oct. 28) in this eerie footage from the Solar and ...
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How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond
Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...
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This comet is making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Here's how to see it
You have just a few weeks left to view the "comet of the century" making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS will be visible with the naked eye from Earth until ...
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Comet C/2023 A3 Did Not Disappoint
Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...
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Rare comet may be visible to the naked eye. Here's where to look.
Comet C/2023 A3 making closest pass to Earth Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit and, it just so happens, that it is now approaching its closest pass to Earth. On Wednesday ...
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See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS eject a tail of gas and dust as it flies past the sun (photos)
A dazzling comet left behind a dramatic dust tail as it swept around the sun, new photos reveal. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ...
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The Headless Halloween Comet Has Been Murdered by the Sun
So, much of the damage was done before it got close to the sun, giving our nearest star a partial pass on being the full ...
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Comets are enjoying some extra attention
About half all comets are from the region known as the Keiper belt. This is a disk aligned with the solar system (but not quite as flat) that lies beyond the orbit of Neptune. The most famous Keiper ...