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Bye Bye Comet! [HD Video]

NASA video captured May 10-11, 2011 SOHO watched as a fairly bright comet dove towards the Sun in a white streak and was not seen again after its close encounter (May 10-11, 2011). The comet, probably part of the Kreutz family of comets, was discovered by amateur astronomer Sergey Shurpakov. In this coronagraph the Sun (represented by a white circle) is blocked by the red occulting disk so that the faint structures in the Sun's corona can be discerned. Interestingly, a coronal mass ejection blasted out to the right just as the comet is approaching the Sun. Scientists, however, have yet to find a convincing physical connection between sun-grazing comets and coronal mass ejections. In fact, analysis of this CME using images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows that the CME erupted before the comet came close enough to the solar surface to interact with strong magnetic fields. Credit: NASA/SOHO NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASAs mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASAs accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agencys mission. Follow us on Twitter Join us on Facebook
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Frozen comet had a watery pas

Frozen comet had a watery pas - From astronomy blog
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Fantastic Images of Comet Hartley 2

his morning, NASA's Deep Impact (EPOXI) probe flew past Comet Hartley 2 only 435 miles from the comet's active nucleus. The spacecraft has since turned its high-gain antenna toward Earth and data are being transmitted to mission control at JPL. Even without processing, the first raw images are spectacular:
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NASA Spacecraft unravels comet mystery

A NASA spacecraft's flyby with a comet showed erosion on the Tempel 1's surface since it skimmed by the Sun in 2005, and revealed Tuesday the first clear pictures of the crater made by a Deep Impact probe.
http://digg.com/news/science/nasa_spacecraft_unravels_comet_mystery

Doomsday Comet To Hit Earth In 2012?

The latest Nostradamus-driven hysteria is that a comet is going to hit Earth on December 21, 2012.
http://digg.com/news/story/Doomsday_Comet_To_Hit_Earth_In_2012

No Evidence for Clovis Comet Catastrophe

New research challenges the controversial theory that an ancient comet impact devastated the Clovis people, one of the earliest known cultures to inhabit North America.
http://digg.com/news/science/no_evidence_for_clovis_comet_catastrophe

"Doomsday" Comet to Swing by Earth on Sunday

The moment long feared by conspiracy theorists is nearly upon us: The "doomsday comet" Elenin will make its closest approach to Earth on Oct. 16, or what's left of it will, anyway.
http://digg.com/news/science/doomsday_comet_to_swing_by_earth_on_sunday

Planet, threatened by a comet? - Yopyyop

Astronomy sites around the world have commented yesterday, at length, several events taking place these days in the Universe. For example, starting last night, between our planet and the Sun was positioned elenin huge comet, while at night we have a Su...
http://digg.com/news/worldnews/planet_threatened_by_a_comet_yopyyop

Was the first photographed UFO a comet?

On August 12th, 1883, Mexican astronomer Jos Bonilla was preparing to study the Sun at the recently opened Zacatecas Observatory. However, the Sun's surface was marred by numerous objects quickly travelling across its disk. Over the course of the day and the next, Bonilla exposed several wet plates to take images of the 447 objects he would observe. They weren't released publicly until January 1st, 1886 when they were published in the magazine L'Astronomie. Since then, UFOlogists have crowed these photographs as the first photographic evidence of UFOs. The chief editor of L'Astronomie passed the observations off as migrating animals, but a new study proposes the observation was due to the breakup of a comet that nearly hit us.
http://digg.com/news/science/was_the_first_photographed_ufo_a_comet_2

Comet chaser goes into deep sleep

Europe's Rosetta spacecraft, which is heading for a rendezvous with a comet in 2014, is put into hibernation by its controllers.
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Close encounters with comets

A small comet named Hartley 2 will soon make one of the closest approaches to Earth of all comets in recent centuries. This slide show includes a look at nine comets that have made close, bright or famous appearances in recent years. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment
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The Difference Between an Asteroid and a Comet

A comet is simply a relatively small astronomical object that has a tail, known as a coma, which makes up a temporary atmosphere for the comet. Asteroids, on the other hand, do not exhibit this tail and are classically defined as simply an astronomical object that orbits around the Sun, but isnt a planet or a comet.
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A Comets Death Caught on Camera (VID)

Comets dive into the sun frequently, but previous ones had been too small and dim to be seen against the glaring backdrop...
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Can We Land On a Comet?

The Rosetta mission will do something never before attempted: land on a comet. The spacecraft is now on its way to intercept comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in January 2014 and land a probe on it for what promises to be an amazing
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The first footage of a comet smashing into the sun

For the first time ever, scientists have witnessed and recorded a comet disintegrating in the Sun's atmosphere. The icy body dubbed "comet C/2011 N3 (SOHO)"
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