Comet
No TCP/IP for NASA's deep space Internet
By: Stephen Withers
It's been a decade in the making, but NASA has successfully tested a new deep-space communications network modelled on the Internet. Images have been transmitted to and from a spacecraft 20 million miles away.
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By: Stephen Withers
It's been a decade in the making, but NASA has successfully tested a new deep-space communications network modelled on the Internet. Images have been transmitted to and from a spacecraft 20 million miles away.
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New solar system member is tail-less comet called 2006 SQ372
By: William Atkins
The comet called 2006 SQ372 was discovered in 2007 to be about two billion miles (three billion kilometers) from Earth, a bit closer than the orbit of Neptune, on a 22,000-to-32,000 year trip around the Sun. Where it came from is still being hypothesized by its discoverers and other astronomers.
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By: William Atkins
The comet called 2006 SQ372 was discovered in 2007 to be about two billion miles (three billion kilometers) from Earth, a bit closer than the orbit of Neptune, on a 22,000-to-32,000 year trip around the Sun. Where it came from is still being hypothesized by its discoverers and other astronomers.
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See Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower July/August 2008
By: William Atkins
The Southern Delta Aquarids is a meteor shower that will be visible from mid-July to mid-August, but will peak on July 28-29, 2008.
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By: William Atkins
The Southern Delta Aquarids is a meteor shower that will be visible from mid-July to mid-August, but will peak on July 28-29, 2008.
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Comet Wild 2 looks like asteroid to NASA Stardust spacecraft
By: William Atkins
NASA’s Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2 back in 2004, in which samples were returned to Earth, are now being analyzed by astronomers. They are surprised because the comet looks more like an asteroid: calling it an asteroid-like comet.
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By: William Atkins
NASA’s Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2 back in 2004, in which samples were returned to Earth, are now being analyzed by astronomers. They are surprised because the comet looks more like an asteroid: calling it an asteroid-like comet.
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Building blocks of life found around star HR 4796A
By: William Atkins
A new U.S. study has found complex organic molecules, tholins, in the dust cloud around the star HR 4796A. The important conclusion of these researchers is that this discovery provides good evidence that living organisms are common throughout planetary systems.
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By: William Atkins
A new U.S. study has found complex organic molecules, tholins, in the dust cloud around the star HR 4796A. The important conclusion of these researchers is that this discovery provides good evidence that living organisms are common throughout planetary systems.
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Quadrantid meteor shower: January 3-4, 2008
By: William Atkins
The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to produce a brief-but-intense number of meteors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. Thursday night to 2:00 a.m. Friday morning (0200 UTC and 0700 UTC) over the Northern Hemisphere.
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By: William Atkins
The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to produce a brief-but-intense number of meteors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. Thursday night to 2:00 a.m. Friday morning (0200 UTC and 0700 UTC) over the Northern Hemisphere.
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Celebrate the New Year with Comet 8P/Tuttle
By: William Atkins
On January 1 and 2, 2008, Comet 8P/Tuttle will be making its closest approach to Earth. See it in your local northern sky as it travels less than 24 million miles away. And, southern sky watchers get to see it later in January.
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By: William Atkins
On January 1 and 2, 2008, Comet 8P/Tuttle will be making its closest approach to Earth. See it in your local northern sky as it travels less than 24 million miles away. And, southern sky watchers get to see it later in January.
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Sandia simulation shows small near-earth objects can cause big troubles
By: William Atkins
A Sandia supercomputer has found that the space body causing the Tunguska explosion, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of animals, in Siberia in 1908 was 3-4 times smaller than what first thought. Humans should pay attention to these smaller space bodies for the sake of millions of lives.
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By: William Atkins
A Sandia supercomputer has found that the space body causing the Tunguska explosion, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of animals, in Siberia in 1908 was 3-4 times smaller than what first thought. Humans should pay attention to these smaller space bodies for the sake of millions of lives.
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Ursid meteor shower to be seen near North Star Saturday evening
By: William Atkins
The Ursids will produce some astronomical glee in the northern hemisphere the evening of Saturday, December 22, 2007, and into Sunday morning, if nighttime conditions are just right.
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By: William Atkins
The Ursids will produce some astronomical glee in the northern hemisphere the evening of Saturday, December 22, 2007, and into Sunday morning, if nighttime conditions are just right.
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Where oh where is the comet?
By: William Atkins
That’s what they said when NASA scientists decided to send their Deep Impact spacecraft to Comet 85P/Boethin. When they looked again for the comet, it was no where to be found. So, Deep Impact was re-direced to Comet Hartley 2.
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By: William Atkins
That’s what they said when NASA scientists decided to send their Deep Impact spacecraft to Comet 85P/Boethin. When they looked again for the comet, it was no where to be found. So, Deep Impact was re-direced to Comet Hartley 2.
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December’s Geminid meteor shower promises to be best of 2007
By: William Atkins
The late evening of Thursday, December 13, and continuing on to dawn Friday morning, December 14, is the time frame to see the Geminid meteor shower in North America.
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By: William Atkins
The late evening of Thursday, December 13, and continuing on to dawn Friday morning, December 14, is the time frame to see the Geminid meteor shower in North America.
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See the star-eating comet Monday night 11.19.2007
By: William Atkins
Ok, Comet Holmes is not really going to eat a star, but the evening of November 19, 2007, in the western hemisphere, will be a good time to see the comet fly directly in front of the star Mirfak (alpha Persei) and appear to engulf it with its large cloud of dust.
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By: William Atkins
Ok, Comet Holmes is not really going to eat a star, but the evening of November 19, 2007, in the western hemisphere, will be a good time to see the comet fly directly in front of the star Mirfak (alpha Persei) and appear to engulf it with its large cloud of dust.
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Clear evidence of planet formation found in Pleiades
By: William Atkins
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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By: William Atkins
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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Leonid meteor shower peaks Saturday night Nov. 17-18, 2007
By: William Atkins
The Leonid meteor shower, the Leonids, will be peaking Saturday night in the east-northeastern sky as the atmosphere of the Earth strikes debris in the tail of Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
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By: William Atkins
The Leonid meteor shower, the Leonids, will be peaking Saturday night in the east-northeastern sky as the atmosphere of the Earth strikes debris in the tail of Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
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Comet Holmes tops the solar system, now larger than Sun
By: William Atkins
Comet 17P/Holmes, which has been growing larger since October 23, 2007, is now larger than the Sun. Although the Sun is now the second largest body in the solar system it still is much more massive than the tenuous comet.
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By: William Atkins
Comet 17P/Holmes, which has been growing larger since October 23, 2007, is now larger than the Sun. Although the Sun is now the second largest body in the solar system it still is much more massive than the tenuous comet.
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Blue tail of Comet Holmes breaks off from green nucleus
By: William Atkins
On about November 8-9, 2007, the blue-colored gaseous tail of Comet 17P/Homes broke away from its greenish dense nucleus.
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By: William Atkins
On about November 8-9, 2007, the blue-colored gaseous tail of Comet 17P/Homes broke away from its greenish dense nucleus.
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Nov 3-6 2007: View Comet Holmes & Space Shuttle/Space Station
By: William Atkins
The hugely popular Comet 17P/Holmes is continuing to be quite a sight in the night sky. During the evening of November 4 and the morning of November 5, 2007, it makes its closest approach to the Earth. At the same time, the space shuttle and the space station will be seen in the night sky.
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By: William Atkins
The hugely popular Comet 17P/Holmes is continuing to be quite a sight in the night sky. During the evening of November 4 and the morning of November 5, 2007, it makes its closest approach to the Earth. At the same time, the space shuttle and the space station will be seen in the night sky.
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