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NRL Telescope Discovers SOHO 's 4,000th Comet 
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The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument identified the 4000th comet discovered by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA on June 15.
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Hubble Watches Comet ATLAS Disintegrate
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Mars Imaged by Hubble
These two Hubble Space Telescope images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), taken on April 20 and 23, 2020, provide the sharpest views yet of the breakup of the fragile comet.
Interstellar Comet Borisov Likely Comes from a Red Dwarf Star
Comet 2I/Borisov seemingly came out of nowhere late last summer, when comet hunter Gennadiy Borisov in Crimea discovered the vagabond coursing toward our star.
Outbound Comets Are Likely of Alien Origin
Astronomers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have analyzed the paths of two objects heading out of the solar system forever and determined that they also most likely originated from outside of the solar system.
Hubble Watches Interstellar Comet Borisov Speed Past the Sun
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has once again captured comet 2I/Borisov streaking through our solar system on its way back into interstellar space.
TESS Catches A Comet Outburst In Unprecedented Detail
This is the most complete and detailed observation to date of the formation and dissipation of a naturally-occurring comet outburst. The team members reported their results in the November 22 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
New Close-up Image Of The Interstellar Comet 2l/Borisov
2l/Borisov, first spotted this summer, continues to draw nearer to Earth and will reach its closest approach -- about 190 million miles -- in early December.
How LISA Pathfinder Detected Dozens of 'Comet Crumbs'
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA contributions, successfully demonstrated technologies needed to build a future space-based gravitational wave observatory, a tool for detecting ripples in space-time produced by, among other things, merging black holes.
Interstellar Bodies Originating From Beyond Our Solar System
Astonishingly, not one but two interstellar asteroids have been detected entering our solar system since 2017.
Beyond Jupiter, Researchers Discover a 'Cradle of Comets'
Comets are known to have a temper. As they swoop in from the outer edges of our solar system, these icy bodies begin spewing gas and dust as they venture closer to the Sun.
Hubble Observes Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov
On 12 October 2019, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provided astronomers with their best look yet at an interstellar visitor -- Comet 2I/Borisov -- which is believed to have arrived here from another planetary system elsewhere in our galaxy.
Interstellar Comet with a Familiar Look
For decades, astronomers have speculated that the space between stars may be populated by exosolar minor bodies -- comets and asteroids -- ejected from their home planetary systems.
Get Ready For More Interstellar Objects
Gregory Laughlin and Malena Rice weren't exactly surprised a few weeks ago when they learned that a second interstellar object had made its way into our solar system.
Collapsing Cliffs Bouncing Boulders om Comet 67P
Scientists analysing the treasure trove of images taken by ESA's Rosetta mission have turned up more evidence for curious bouncing boulders and dramatic cliff collapses.
Migrating Scarps as a Significant Driver for Cometary Surface Evolution
Rosetta observations of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) reveal that most changes occur in the fallback-generated smooth terrains, vast deposits of granular material blanketing the comet's northern hemisphere.
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Has A Tiny Moon - A 'Churymoon'
Comet 67P/C-G is a dusty object. As it neared its closest approach to the Sun in late July and August 2015, instruments on Rosetta recorded a huge amount of dust enshrouding the comet.
How The Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Impact On Jupiter Led to Planetary Defense
Twenty-five years ago, humanity first witnessed a collision between a comet and a planet.
Comet Inspires Chemistry for Making Breathable Oxygen on Mars
Science fiction stories are chock full of terraforming schemes and oxygen generators for a very good reason -- we humans need molecular oxygen (O2) to breathe, and space is essentially devoid of it. Even on other planets with thick atmospheres, O2 is hard to come by.
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