Anne’s Image of the Day: Comet Hartley 2
By Annelies Rhemrev
November 6, 2012
Comet Hartley 2, a small periodic comet
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
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Comet Hartley 2 (officially designated as 103P/Hartley) is a small periodic comet of about 1.2 to [...]
Nearby Planetary System Hosts Comet Crystals, like Our Solar System Does
By Annelies Rhemrev
Pristine material that matches comets in our own Solar System has been found in a dust belt around the young star Beta Pictoris by ESA’s Herschel space observatory.
Close-up of olivine crystals seen inside a meteorite found [...]
Newly Found Comet Could be Brightest Ever Seen
by Annelies Rhemrev
Astronomers are monitoring a newly discovered comet, which is expected to put on a spectacular sky show next year, becoming visible with the unaided eye.
A newly discovered comet called C/2012S1 is expected to be visible [...]