Earth to be visited by once in 50,000 year comet
Skywatchers will soon be in for a special treat, as a comet which passes our planet just once every 50,000 years should be visible in the skies this month. Comet…
Observe a comet, and other skywatching tips for January
NASA’s skywatching tips for January feature some real crackers, including a parade of planets, a winter dazzle of stars, and a recently discovered comet. Fumali – Services Marketplace – Listings, Bookings…
Largest comet ever seen is coming our way, but don’t worry
Astronomers have confirmed that an 80-mile-wide comet first spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope is the biggest ever seen.
Largest comet ever discovered is heading toward the sun — but no need to panic
The largest comet ever is heading toward the sun – but don’t worry, it won’t pose any threat to us as it won’t come closer than the orbit of Saturn.
Largest comet ever discovered is 1,000 times the typical mass
Comets are typically are 6 miles across, but scientists have recently discovered a mega comet which is 10 times that diameter.
This comet is a pristine visitor from the earliest days of the solar system
Observations of comet 2I/Borisov show that it has never passed near to a star before, and studying it could give clues to the makeup of the early solar system.
Hubble captures a wandering comet passing through the Trojan asteroids
Hubble Space Telescope snapped an image of an object called P/2019 LD2 which is part-comet, part-asteroid.
See our solar system’s newest spectacle, comet NEOWISE, in glorious detail
It was captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe