items tagged with Comet
Don't miss Comet Lulin approaching Earth: It's green!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-04 15:44:39
We all can see with our naked eyes the Comet Lulin as is approaches the Earth in February 2009. What makes this comet fascinating is its green color, which comes from the gases that make up its atmosphere as it races through the vacuum of outer space and approaches the heat of the Sun.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-04 15:44:39
We all can see with our naked eyes the Comet Lulin as is approaches the Earth in February 2009. What makes this comet fascinating is its green color, which comes from the gases that make up its atmosphere as it races through the vacuum of outer space and approaches the heat of the Sun.
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Nano-diamonds suggest comet collisions wrecked havoc on Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-03 13:37:38
The discovery of numerous tiny diamonds spread out at six sites in North America suggest to scientists that they came from comets impacting the Earth about 13,000 years ago, possibly dooming the Clovis natives and many now-extinct animals.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-03 13:37:38
The discovery of numerous tiny diamonds spread out at six sites in North America suggest to scientists that they came from comets impacting the Earth about 13,000 years ago, possibly dooming the Clovis natives and many now-extinct animals.
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No TCP/IP for NASA's deep space Internet
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-18 16:12:46
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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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-18 16:12:46
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-22 11:29:21
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-22 11:29:21
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 10:30:15
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 10:30:15
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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