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NASA Begins Search for what is left of Comet ISON

Posted on December 4, 2013October 28, 2014 by webadmin

NASA Begins search for what is left of Comet ISON, after it disintegrated during it’s close approach to the sun. 

[article] [NASA’s Comet ISON news]

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Comet ISON approaching perihelion

Posted on November 24, 2013October 29, 2014 by webadmin

Comet ISON is 3 days to perihelion.

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NASA Probe to Observe Double Comet Encounter

Posted on November 15, 2013October 29, 2014 by webadmin

On Nov. 18-19, two comets (ISON and Encke) are going to fly by the planet Mercury in quick succession. NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft will have a front-row seat for the rare double encounter.
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Six-tailed Comet Spotted by Hubble

Posted on November 7, 2013May 15, 2014 by webadmin

The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a strange asteroid spewing six comet-like tails of dust.
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Comet Pan-STARRS brightening

Posted on February 28, 2013May 15, 2014 by webadmin

Comet Pan-STARRS, now visible in the southern hemisphere, is brightening as it approaches the sun. The comet will pass about 100 million miles from Earth in March and is expected to be visible to observers in the northern hemisphere.
more | viewing guide

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Comet Lovejoy astounds scientists

Posted on December 16, 2011May 15, 2014 by webadmin

Sungrazing comet Lovejoy, expected to vaporize with its encounter with the Sun, astounds scientists when it re-emerges from the other side. 

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Comet water found to be similar to that in earth’s oceans

Posted on October 6, 2011May 15, 2014 by webadmin

The water in a comet called 103P/Hartley 2 is chemically very similar to water on Earth, researchers find. more | journal article

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NASA Spacecraft Closes in on Comet Tempel 1

Posted on February 9, 2011May 15, 2014 by webadmin

Stardust-NExT is closing in for a second look of the comet on Feb. 14, 2011. 

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NASA Spacecraft Hurtles Toward Comet

Posted on September 15, 2010May 15, 2014 by webadmin

NASA’s Deep Impact/EPOXI spacecraft is hurtling toward Comet Hartley 2 for a breathtaking 435-mile flyby on Nov. 4th. Mission scientists say all systems are go for a close encounter with one of the smallest yet most active comets they’ve seen. 

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NASA Researchers discover glycine in comet

Posted on August 17, 2009May 15, 2014 by webadmin

Researches confirm presence of amino acid returned from dust collected from Comet Wild 2 with the Stardust spacecraft.

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Comet Lulin brightens to naked-eye visibility

Posted on February 9, 2009May 15, 2014 by webadmin

The comet makes its closest approach to Earth (0.41 AU) on Feb. 24, 2009

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Exploding comet astounds astronomers

Posted on November 2, 2007May 15, 2014 by webadmin

Comet Holmes, a dim comet visible only in telescopes, unexpectedly brightened in the past couple of weeks and is now visible to the naked eye.
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Brightest comet in 40 years

Posted on January 13, 2007May 15, 2014 by webadmin

Comet McNaught, discovered last year, is continuing to brighten and is now visible to viewers in the southen hemisphere. 

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Mini-Comets Flies past Earth

Posted on May 15, 2006May 15, 2014 by webadmin

A cometary “string-of-pearls” flew past Earth in May 2006 giving astronomers a fantastic view of a dying comet.
NASA news

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Stardust Samples Show Evidence of Fire, Ice

Posted on March 13, 2006May 15, 2014 by webadmin

Scientists find presence of minerals that formed in high temperatures in the comet dust returned by NASA’s Stardust mission. The presence of Olivine suggests that the material may have been formed near the center of the solar system, instead of outside the solar system, as previously believed. 
NASA’S Stardust Mission

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NASA’s Stardust Mission Returns to Earth

Posted on January 15, 2006May 15, 2014 by webadmin

After seven years in space, NASA’s Stardust sample return mission returned safely to Earth when the capsule carrying cometary and interstellar particles successfully touched down at 5:10 a.m. Eastern time (3:10 a.m. Mountain time) in the desert salt flats of the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range.

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