What the Hell Is Going on With This Comet?
There’s already a strange story behind comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák, or just 41P: It took almost 100 years to identify and occasionally flares. And now, its spin is rapidly slowing down. Scienti…
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Bizarre New Object in Our Solar System Spotted By Hubble
Astronomers have identified a weird pair of orbiting asteroids, called 288P, as the first known binary asteroid also classified as a comet. Astronomers recently spotted two space rocks behav…
This Award-Winning Video Reveals What Would Happen If An Asteroid Hit The Ocean
Oceans cover 71 percent of the Earth's surface. If an asteroid were to strike us, it would almost certainly land in the water. This award-winning animation from Los Alamos National Lab shows a …
Spacecraft Crash-Lands on Comet | VIDEO
DARMSTADT, Germany — For the last two years, the Rosetta spacecraft has danced around a comet. Today, it finally made contact with the icy body — and sent its last signal. Megan Gannon Space…
Comet Impact on Jupiter, Captured on Video
This is the time-lapse of processed images leading to the impact on Jupiter March 17. The original purpose of the imaging session was to get this time-lapse, with a happy coincidence of the im…
Earth's Close Shave with Comet Recorded on Radar and Infrared | VIDEO
Astronomers were watching when comet P/2016 BA14 flew past Earth on March 22. At the time of its closest approach, the comet was about 2.2 million miles (3.5 million kilometers) away, making i…