Citizen scientist just discovered a new sungrazing comet
Something to 👀. New sungrazing comet in ESA/NASA SOHO/LASCO C3, found last night by citizen scientist Zesheng Yang. It ...
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Comet Tracker Tonight: How See It On Wednesday In The Night Sky
With a New Moon on Friday, the night skies this week are perfect for spotting the comet against a black sky ... sky at the same time as the Northern Lights, if the solar activity spiking this ...
It's the 10-year anniversary of the first image of a human-made object touching a 4.6 billion-year-old comet
Its CIVA (Comet Infrared and Visible Analyser) cameras took the first image of a human-made object touching a 4.6 ...
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Astronomers predict the orbits of potentially hazardous comets from meteor showers
Comets have long been seen as omens and portents, and it's easy to understand why. They first appear as faint smudges of light in the sky, sometimes fading soon after and sometimes becoming ...
NASA Video Reveals Sun Melted Halloween ATLAS Comet to Nothing
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) was hoped to be visible to the naked eye in the next few days, but unfortunately disintegrated as it skimmed past the sun.
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Halloween comet’s final moments captured by SOHO spacecraft
“I’m sure back in pre-industrial times when light pollution was no concern, some of the comets that people saw must have been equally awe-inspiring and terrifying!” ...
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Comet Tracker Tonight: How See It On Tuesday In The Night Sky
However, while it was somewhat hard to find in the bluish twilight, the comet is now shining against a black sky for a few ... the same time as the Northern Lights start to dance.