Comet ATLAS approaching
April 7, 2020
Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS, discovered in December 2019 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Mauna Loa in Hawaii is approaching the inner
Comet Borisov fragmenting
April 7, 2020
Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, discovered in 2019, has been seen breaking apart in March 2020. Hubble Space Telescope observations indicate that fragments of the comet are
Possible Interstellar Comet Discovered
September 17, 2019
Comet 2I/Borisov, discovered on August 29, 2019, has astronomers intrigued as it is only the second known object to be have an orbit and velocity
Pure CSS Filters
August 21, 2019
While researching solutions for an AJAX/dynamic filtering solution, I tested a proof-of-concept way to implement hiding and showing of items using only CSS. No Javascript
Hyperactive comets and terrestial water
May 31, 2019
New study shows a certain family of comets contain water similar to earth’s water.
Comet 46P making close approach
December 15, 2018
The comet 46P/Wirtanen (46P) is set to make a close approach to Earth this weekend. At its closest, 46P will pass a mere 11.7 million
Rosetta completes mission with controlled impact
September 30, 2016
ESA’s Rosetta mission has concluded with a controlled descent into Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. “The descent gave Rosetta the opportunity to study the comet’s gas, dust and plasma
Rosetta Photos
December 16, 2015
Rosetta’s OSIRIS camera team has launched a new website to showcase their recent images of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. View archive
Comet Catalina Viewing Guide
December 16, 2015
Comet Catalina now visible in pre-dawn skies in December.