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A comet is an icy planetary body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process that is called outgassing. This outgassing produces what's called a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These visual phenomena are the result of solar radiation and the solar wind that acts upon the nucleus of the comet.
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MAR 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are getting very excited over an opportunity to observe an impact by a comet or asteroid on the surface of J ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Philae comet lander, which landed on comet 67P in 2014, has not been heard from since ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2016Videos
In 2014, mankind successfully landed its first spacecraft on a comet. A lander known as Philae was landed on comet 67P, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
Attempts were made recently to attempt to communicate with the The European Space Agency’s comet lander Philae, al ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA is on a mission to protect the Earth from future dangers of asteroid and comet impacts, and as a part of this movem ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 13, 2015Videos
Astronauts that go into space have to be prepared to handle weightlessness. It's a totally different feeling from being ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
Scientists are paying close attention to the HD 106906 system, a relatively distant and young system in which lies a you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2015Videos
Going out in a fiery crash is kind of how it's done in space. Research probes and space crafts that have fulfilled their ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
Outer space is one of the most fascinating things right above our heads, and yet, we know very little about it. Nonethel ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency (ESA) has been orbiting comet 67P with the Rosetta spacecraft since 2014 in an attempt to lear ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2015Videos
Comets are the rockstars (literally) of the universe. They go zipping through space, trailing spectacular colors, causin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 22, 2015Space & Astronomy
As you may have read, or watched recently, as in yesterday’s video “Is An Alien Megastructure Blocking The L ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopOCT 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are incredibly interested in data accumulated by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope as of late. Scientists ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency (ESA) continues to monitor Comet 67P in our Solar System as it has been doing since last year. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has been lurking around the comet 67P for some time in the hopes th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 16, 2015Videos
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a new video on their YouTube channel showing a real-time landing of Comet L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
Last November the ESA’s Philae lander had a less than text-book touch down on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov&n ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 25, 2015Videos
The Earth is made up of about two-thirds water, and scientists have thrown around ideas for years about where all of thi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
The meteors are coming! The meteors are coming! In 1775 Paul Revere rode through the countryside heralding an arrival th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 08, 2015Videos
The Kuiper Belt is a region in outer space that extends far beyond the planets in our solar system, but still orbits the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun along with all of the planets. Many of them are relatively close to the Su ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 16, 2015Space & Astronomy
Many think outer space is pretty empty; that maybe it's just a bunch of black nothingness with some planets floating aro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2015Videos
Space exploration is a very important activity that humans have a big interest in. For whatever reason, we just obsessed ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are getting very excited over an opportunity to observe an impact by a comet or asteroid on the surface of J
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Philae comet lander, which landed on comet 67P in 2014, has not been heard from since
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2016
Videos
In 2014, mankind successfully landed its first spacecraft on a comet. A lander known as Philae was landed on comet 67P,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Attempts were made recently to attempt to communicate with the The European Space Agency’s comet lander Philae, al
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA is on a mission to protect the Earth from future dangers of asteroid and comet impacts, and as a part of this movem
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2015
Videos
Astronauts that go into space have to be prepared to handle weightlessness. It's a totally different feeling from being
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are paying close attention to the HD 106906 system, a relatively distant and young system in which lies a you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2015
Videos
Going out in a fiery crash is kind of how it's done in space. Research probes and space crafts that have fulfilled their
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Outer space is one of the most fascinating things right above our heads, and yet, we know very little about it. Nonethel
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency (ESA) has been orbiting comet 67P with the Rosetta spacecraft since 2014 in an attempt to lear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2015
Videos
Comets are the rockstars (literally) of the universe. They go zipping through space, trailing spectacular colors, causin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 22, 2015
Space & Astronomy
As you may have read, or watched recently, as in yesterday’s video “Is An Alien Megastructure Blocking The L
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
OCT 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are incredibly interested in data accumulated by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope as of late. Scientists
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency (ESA) continues to monitor Comet 67P in our Solar System as it has been doing since last year.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has been lurking around the comet 67P for some time in the hopes th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2015
Videos
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a new video on their YouTube channel showing a real-time landing of Comet L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Last November the ESA’s Philae lander had a less than text-book touch down on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov&n
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 25, 2015
Videos
The Earth is made up of about two-thirds water, and scientists have thrown around ideas for years about where all of thi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The meteors are coming! The meteors are coming! In 1775 Paul Revere rode through the countryside heralding an arrival th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 08, 2015
Videos
The Kuiper Belt is a region in outer space that extends far beyond the planets in our solar system, but still orbits the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun along with all of the planets. Many of them are relatively close to the Su
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 16, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Many think outer space is pretty empty; that maybe it's just a bunch of black nothingness with some planets floating aro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2015
Videos
Space exploration is a very important activity that humans have a big interest in. For whatever reason, we just obsessed
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard