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Science & Tech News tagged with comets

Ground-Based Observations Support NASA Comet Missions
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Ingrid
- 228 days ago - spacedaily.com
As NASA spacecraft continue to explore comets up close, a group of researchers at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute is undertaking ground-based observations to complement those missions.
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Oldest Asteroid and Newest Comet Visits
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Monica
- 274 days ago - gympietimes.com.au
THE first asteroid ever to be discovered, Ceres, will be visible in Gympie's skies from tonight.Lulin will also be visible for the next week
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How a Cometary Boulder Lit Up the Spanish Sky
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Ingrid
- 285 days ago - news-about-space.org
Last July, people in Spain, Portugal and France watched the brilliant fireball produced by a boulder crashing down through the Earth�s atmosphere.
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Comet Strikes Increase As We Pass Through The Galactic Plane
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SirRobert
- 309 days ago - universetoday.com
As we pass across the galactic plane, this cyclic time-period seems to match the most dangerous prehistoric periods of devastating impacts upon the Earth.
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New Class Of Comets
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Ingrid
- 358 days ago - spacedaily.com
Comet 96P/Machholz 1 shows extremely anomalous compositional characteristics helping pinpoint its origin to one of three intriguing scenarios.
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Comet Draws Stargazers' Attention
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Mudcat
- 746 days ago - cbsnews.com
A comet that unexpectedly brightened in the last couple of weeks and is now visible to the naked eye is attracting professional and amateur interest. The comet is exploding and its coma, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the sun, has grown to be bi
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