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universetoday.com /1 month ago

An Ancient Stellar Passage Altered the Orbits of Comets We See Today

A recent study out of the Planetary Science Institute notes that the close passage of the star HD 7977 may have triggered a cascade, sending long-period comets sunward. What’s more...

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universetoday.com /1 month ago

Chemistry Reveals the Origins of an Interstellar Comet

Somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy is an old star that has lost one of its comets. By some quirk of orbital mechanics, that frozen nucleus of ice and dust got kicked out of its home...

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phys.org /1 month ago

Asteroid with unexplained orbital shift turns out to be a 'dark comet'

Typically, astronomers identify comets by their distinct atmospheres, or comae, and their tails, which are created as the sun vaporizes a comet's ice. These features emit a glow wh...

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universetoday.com /1 month ago

Spin-Reversing Comet May Face Self-Destruction

Comets are known for providing breathtaking observations of their long and shiny tails when they travel too close to the Sun. This happens because comets are made of ice and primar...

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discovermagazine.com /1 month ago

An Obscure Asteroid Turns Out to Be a Dark Comet &mdash; a Mysterious Group of Hidden Comets&nbsp;

Learn about an object in space that has emerged as a dark comet, displaying a much fainter glow than most comets.

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skyandtelescope.org /1 month ago

Comet 10P/Tempel Brightens, Sets Sail South

This periodic visitor is now bright enough to see in binoculars from a dark sky. We also report on a bright supernova in Ursa Major. The post Comet 10P/Tempel Brightens, Sets Sail...

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space.com /5 days ago

Scientists watch a comet being born 3 billion miles away

A rare look at a centaur transforming into a comet with coma is providing a missing link in the evolution of small, icy solar system bodies.

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universetoday.com /1 day ago

A New Mission Could Rendezvous With Halley's Comet In 2061

Halley’s comet captures the imagination in a way that few other astronomical objects do. When it last made its approach toward the Sun (admittedly when this author, who is now midd...

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universetoday.com /1 month ago

Catch Comet 10P Tempel While You Can

A low-number periodic comet is stalking our fair planet this summer, and putting on its best show of several generations. We’re talking about Comet 10P/Tempel. The comet is current...

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universetoday.com /1 week ago

Some Comets are Naked, and One Just Got Caught Photo-Bombing

Japanese researchers got lucky when a comet they wanted to study was found photo-bombing archival images from Japan's Subaru Telescope. The Subaru, with its 8.2 meter mirror, happe...

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scitechdaily.com /1 week ago

Naked Comet Photobombs Public Telescope Image

An accidental Subaru Telescope image of a distant bare comet is giving astronomers a clearer look at the surface of a cometary nucleus. A comet can reveal its surface most clearly...

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space.com /5 days ago

Comet McNaught put on a surprise show this summer: Here's how to spot it before it fades

Comet McNaught brightened dramatically during two outbursts around perihelion as it made a close approach to the sun.

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mashable.com /1 month ago

Astronomers think some asteroids have been comets all along. Heres why.

A mysterious near-Earth object once thought to be an asteroid turns out to be a dark comet, challenging notions about space rocks.

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phys.org /6 days ago

Young sunlike system reveals comets may carry water toward forming planets

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocometsвЂ”comets in other solar systemsвЂ”orbiting a young star similar to our sun. The observations point to a po...

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universetoday.com /1 month ago

Astronomers Catch a "Dark Comet" Red-Handed

Our ability to track and visualize small rocks in space is still improving. And occasionally we’ll find a space rock that will remind us of that fact. One such rock is detailed in...

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space.com /4 weeks ago

Green comet caught soaring over Namibia | Space photo of the day for Aug. 12, 2026

A shot so spectacular it will leave other astrophotographers green with envy.

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universetoday.com /5 days ago

Astronomers See How a Centaur Can Become a Comet

In 1992, Centaur 450P/LONEOS had a close encounter with Saturn, shifting its orbit closer to the Sun. Now astronomers can observe how a small icy body transforms into a comet over...

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sciencealert.com /1 month ago

An Asteroid Scientists Have Tracked For 27 Years Just Turned Out to Be a Comet in Disguise

Could a knuckleball comet threaten Earth? ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

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mauinow.com /1 week ago

Maunakea’s Subaru Telescope reveals unexpected surface of distant comet

A chance discovery in archival images from the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea has revealed that the surface of a distant comet behaves unlike the dark asteroids it resembles. The fin...

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phys.org /1 week ago

Saturn encounter may have set distant centaur on path to becoming a comet

More than 3 billion miles (4.8 billion kilometers) from Earth, an ancient icy object is slowly awakening. As it drifts inward through the solar system, the frozen body known as Cen...

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space.com /1 month ago

After nearly 30 years, NASA realized this near-Earth asteroid is actually a comet. The discovery may help us defend the...

Astronomers discovered that a near-Earth asteroid is actually a comet that could help scientists identify more hidden comets and improve planetary defense.

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scitechdaily.com /1 month ago

China’s Tianwen-1 Captures Rare Close-Up Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter caught a rare glimpse of 3I/ATLAS as it swept past Mars, revealing the hazy coma and tail of a comet born beyond our solar system. The interstellar object...

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sail-world.com /3 weeks ago

Mudeford Comet Open

The Comet class descended on Mudeford S.C on Saturday 15th August for their annual visit to round off Mudeford week. Yet again the conditions were fantastic... well for 2 out of th...

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phys.org /2 weeks ago

Comet 220P McNaught puts on an encore performance

It has been a busy month for astronomy. In the midst of an eclipse season bookended by the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 and the deep partial lunar eclipse coming up this week on...

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