Guess which 2 celestial objects are within our Milky Way galaxy
[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Bob Franke]
Comet C/2014 S2 (PanSTARRS) poses for a Messier moment in this telescopic… Continue reading
Comet dust over central Texas
[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Jared Tennant
Dusty debris from periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle was swept up by planet Earth… Continue reading
New comet makes the scene, just after sunset
[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Yuri Beletsky (Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution)]
A comet has brightened quickly and unexpectedly.… Continue reading
Lovejoy, the giant, green comet
[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Rogelio Bernal Andreo, Deep Sky Colors
Sweeping north in planet Earth’s sky, Comet Lovejoy’s… Continue reading
Spectacular Comet Lovejoy, a dirty snowball, outshines M79 star cluster
[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Dieter Willasch (Astro-Cabinet)]
Comet Lovejoy has become visible to the unaided eye ….
Pictured… Continue reading
European probe lands successfully on comet 67P
Rosetta’s probe, Philae, has successfully landed on its comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
After a daring seven-hour descent, the probe has… Continue reading
Comet 67P, up close and personal
CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION / ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team; MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/Elisabetta Bonora & Marco Faccin… Continue reading
Perth spectacular: Cosmic, earthly and manmade
[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION / credit: Antti Kemppainen
Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town.… Continue reading
An apocalypse that wiped out the dinosaur threat to us humans
The demise of the dinosaurs is the world’s ultimate whodunit. Was it a comet or asteroid impact? Volcanic eruptions? Climate… Continue reading
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