Conceptual image. By observing a comet in thermal infrared wavelengths, the same wavelengths used by noncontact thermometers, it is possible to determine not only its…
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Researchers Directly Observed the C + S2 Channel in CS2 Photodissociation. Credit: DICP Studying the creation and evolution of sulfur-containing compounds in outer space is…
New observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) indicate that the rogue comet 2I/Borisov, which is only the second and most…
Trojan Asteroid 2019 LD2. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, B. Bolin IPAC/Caltech) Comet Comes in from the Cold and Finds an Off-Ramp on Its Sunward Journey…
Artist’s rendering of a comet headed towards Earth. New theory explains possible origin of the Armageddon-causing object. It forever changed history when it crashed into…
This series of images from the WISPR instrument on board Parker Solar Probe shows a small sungrazing comet, SOHO-4063, as it approached the Sun on…
The recently discovered comet C/2020 X3 (SOHO) seen in the LASCO C2 camera on the ESA/NASA SOHO observatory. Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO/Karl Battams As Chile and Argentina…
Researchers have discovered a new superhighway network to travel through the Solar System much faster than was previously possible. Such routes can drive comets and…
Artist’s impression of the system, with the star at the center, and the inner dust belt from which gas is produced and dispersed outwards to…
An international study led by the University of Turku discovered phosphorus and fluorine in solid dust particles collected from a comet. The finding indicates that…
The converging lines represent the paths of the comets. The ecliptic plane is shown in yellow and the empty ecliptic is shown in blue. The…
First-ever measurements provide evidence that extremely cold liquid water exists in two distinct structures that co-exist and vary in proportion dependent on temperature. Supercooled water…
The graphic shows the signal connecting the CONSERT instrument on Philae, on the surface of the comet, to the one on the Rosetta orbiter. The…
Comet Interceptor has been selected as ESA’s new fast-class mission. It will be the first spacecraft to visit a truly pristine comet or other interstellar…
Comet NEOWISE streaked across the sky above the tree line of Lone Pine Lake, located on the Mount Whitney Trail in the Eastern Sierra Nevada…
10 second exposure captures International Space Station above comet NEOWISE on Saturday, July 18, 2020, from Keys Gap, West Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls The International…
Credit: Javier Manteca Skygazers across the Northern Hemisphere are being treated to stunning views of comet NEOWISE as it streaks past Earth. Amateur astrophotographer Javier…
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) in the predawn skies on July 9, 2020, over Deer Valley, Utah. Credit: NASA As Comet NEOWISE begins to dazzle the…
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE appears as a string of fuzzy red dots in this composite of several heat-sensitive infrared images taken by NASA’s Near-Earth Object…
Image Credit & Copyright: Maroun Habib (Moophz) A comet has suddenly become visible to the unaided eye. Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered in late…