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What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the 'new' kids in the solar system
In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our solar system. It wasn't aliens. But artist impressions of the object (called 'Oumuamua, the Hawaiian word ...
This once-in-a-lifetime comet is passing Earth today — it won’t be visible for another 160,000 years
A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. The comet ...
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Get ready for the 'New Year Comet': What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3
In the wake of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) in October, comet G3 is due to reach perihelion — its closest to the sun — ...
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Did comets kick start life on Earth?
A widely held view is that these vital components were deposited on Earth by a long bombardment of icy comets. Comets are made of dust and ice. Astronomers have examined the water contained in ...
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Rapid City Christian boys roll Cavaliers; STM girls shut down Comets
Rapid City Christian and St. Thomas More battled in a hoops doubleheader in the King Center Tuesday night. Check out the ...
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What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System
Its speed and path around the Sun don’t match a typical asteroid, but it also has no bright tail or nucleus (icy core) we normally associate with comets. However, 'Oumuamua has erratic motions ...