Astronomy
Oct 6, 2021
Is there an Arid meteor outburst in the works this week?
The new Arid meteor shower may be making itself known in early October 2021.
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Astronomy
Oct 5, 2021
Study of prior research suggests there is a swarm of large asteroids hidden in the Taurid complex
A pair of space scientists, one with the University of Antioquia, the other the University of Salento, has found evidence of a swarm of large asteroids hidden in the Taurid complex. Ignacio Ferrín and Vincenzo Orofino have ...
Astronomy
Oct 4, 2021
Is new finding an asteroid or a comet? It's both
The newest known example of a rare type of object in the Solar System—a comet hidden among the main-belt asteroids—has been found and studied, according to a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Henry ...
Astronomy
Sep 20, 2021
Something big just hit Jupiter
In 1994, the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) impacted Jupiter, which had captured the comet shortly before (and broken apart by its gravity). The event became a media circus as it was the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial ...
Astronomy
Sep 16, 2021
Cosmic rays erode away all but the largest interstellar objects
So far, we know of only two interstellar objects (ISO) to visit our solar system. They are 'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. There's a third possible ISO named CNEOS 2014-01-08, and research suggests there should be many more.
Astronomy
Aug 23, 2021
Interstellar comets like Borisov may not be all that rare
In 2019, astronomers spotted something incredible in our backyard: a rogue comet from another star system. Named Borisov, the icy snowball traveled 110,000 miles per hour and marked the first and only interstellar comet ever ...
Astronomy
Aug 19, 2021
Comet ATLAS may have been a blast from the past
It's suspected that about 5,000 years ago a comet may swept within 23 million miles of the Sun, closer than the innermost planet Mercury. The comet might have been a spectacular sight to civilizations across Eurasia and North ...
Astronomy
Jul 19, 2021
Tail without a comet: The dusty remains of Comet ATLAS
A serendipitous flythrough of the tail of a disintegrated comet has offered scientists a unique opportunity to study these remarkable structures, in new research presented today at the National Astronomy Meeting 2021.
Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2021
Activity discovered on largest comet ever found
A newly discovered visitor to the outer edges of our solar system has been shown to be the largest known comet ever, thanks to the rapid response telescopes of Las Cumbres Observatory. The object, which is named Comet C/2014 ...
Planetary Sciences
Jun 30, 2021
Abnormally high alcohol and mystery heat source detected on comet wirtanen
Comet 46P/Wirtanen was releasing an unusual amount of alcohol as it made its historic flyby of Earth two and a half years ago. That's one of the findings from the latest published study comet detectives conducted after observing ...
