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4 days ago · Comet C/2022 A2 (PANSTARRS) is a comet discovered by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) on January 10, 2022. The comet has a parabolic-like and retrograde orbit with a perihelion distance of 1.73 astronomical units (AU).
5 days ago · Atmospheric comet explosion may have set Earth on fire 12,800 years ago. Earth’s geological history is written in layers of dirt and stone – evidence of climatic shifts, ancient cultures, and celestial impacts. The Younger Dryas period is one of the most widely studied examples of extreme environmental change.
2 days ago · Fifty years on, the Murchison meteorite still defines a town and yields new discoveries every year. " [It's] quite unusual to have two highly visible fireballs in the same location so close over ...
3 days ago · Find Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) in the sky using our online planetarium web application.
4 days ago · In a new study, scientists have found that the crashing of an atmospheric comet in the atmosphere of Earth set the planet on fire nearly 12,000 years ago. The geological history of our planet is hidden in the layers of dirt and stone where lies the evidence of celestial impacts, ancient cultures and climatic shifts. Approximately 12,800 years ago, the Earth witnessed extreme environmental ...
4 days ago · September 30, 2021 - Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is one of the largest comets ever seen, measuring a colossal 150km wide. The newly discovered comet is set to fly through our inner solar system in 10 years.
3 days ago · This month’s ALPO Comet News will be shorter than usual. This is partly due to other commitments vying for my time and the fact that only four comets are expected to be brighter than magnitude 12 this month. Halley-type comet 13P/Olbers will be the brightest comet of the month.
