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Astronomers Discover Huge New, Intensely Bright Comet
The apocalypse nutcases will pass out when they learn that two Russian astronomers have discovered a new and gigantic comet coming in our direction — a huge 3.2km wide ball of ice and rock that “may [become] one of the brightest in history”. The comet is now passing by Saturn, gaining speed and becoming brighter by the day.
Never Has A Comet Died So Spectacularly
Once in a while, a comet hits the sun and our star goes all nomnomnom on it. SOHO – NASA’s Solar & Heliospheric Observatory – has captured a few, but never so spectacularly as in this video, recorded over last Tuesday and Wednesday.
Beautiful First Images Of Comet Hartley 2
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After launching an impact probe at comet Tempel 1 in 2005 and travelling 4.6 billion kilometres, the Deep Impact spacecraft has finally reached Hartley 2 as part as of its EPOXI mission. The trip was worth it: These shots are spectacular.
The Sun Eating A Comet, Captured On Camera
It’s gotta happen all the time, but it’s rarely captured on film. But this past Saturday, an unlucky comet found itself pointed right at the unforgiving maw of our sun. Guess how this ended?
