Comets

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• Distilled

  
  Authspot — Authority: 574
  I’ve become triple distilled.A bottle of hard liquor sitting on a broken roof staring at what was once the ground. No stars, no moon, no romance.Just a bottle of 80 proof moonshine. I can’t tell if I’m half empty or half full. I don’t even know what would be better. I still dream from time to time, and there ...
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• NASA’s new space telescope to start hunt for stealth asteroids

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, November 27 (ANI): NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is all set to start its hunt for stealth asteroids.According to a report in New Scientist, WISE, which headed to the launch pad last week, will map the entire sky in infrared. It will spot everything from nearby cool, failed stars to ...
  6 days ago

• Comets Posing as Asteroids (or is the the other way around?)

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 661
  Asteroids are rocky bodies which belong between Mars and Jupiter . Comets are icy bodies that belong way out beyond Pluto . So what are comet -like objects doing in the asteroid belt ? (...) Read the rest of Comets Posing as Asteroids (or is the the other way around?) (679 words) © jvois for Universe ...
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• Jupiter – Our Silent Guardian?

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 661
  We live in a cosmic shooting gallery. In Phil Plaits Death From the Skies , he lays out the dangers of a massive impact: destructive shockwaves, tsunamis , flash fires, atmospheric darkening…. The scenario isnt pretty should a big one come our way. Fortunately, we may have a silent guardian: Jupiter. (...) Read ...
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• Meteor lights up the night sky-Have you ever wondered if the 7 trumpets deal with Meteors?

  
  Presenttruth.com — Authority: 430
  Amazing to imagine falling rocks on the earth and the effect and ‘damage’ they could cause if they hit in major metropolis areas. Have you ever wondered if the first couple of trumpets in Revelation could be meteor related? Click here to view the embedded video.
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• What it Would Look Like if Earth had Rings Like Saturn

  
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• Comets may have delivered water on Moon

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, November 21 (ANI): Evidence from NASA’s LCROSS mission has suggested that water found in the lunar impact recently was delivered by comets rather than forming on the surface through an interaction with the solar wind.In October, the mission crashed two impactors - a spent rocket stage and a few minutes ...
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• VIDEO: Planetary defence 101

  
  Hyperbola — Authority: 509
  The The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) has produced this video about near Earth objects, asteroids or comets in other words, and planetary defence According to SGAC: "First conceived at the 2008 Space Generation Congress, the intention of the documentary is to convey non-exaggerated facts about the ...
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• The Crescent Earth from Rosetta

  
  Astroblog — Authority: 131
  The Crescent Earth as seen from the Rosetta spacecraft on November 13 (Image Credit, ESA ) The Rosetta spacecraft , on its way to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko did another flyby of the Earth-Moon system . This striking image of the crescent Earth is my favourite, but there is a number of images and an ...
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• Fire in the Sky

  
  Alternative Health, Natural, Environmental & Organic News Blog — Authority: 127
  Sky watchers from Asia and North America too – you’re in for a great galactic treat! During the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, the annual Leonid meteor shower will light up the sky with delight for the eye. This year it should be visible to anyone who lives in the Northern Hemisphere. The Leonids are created ...
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• Echoblowcation: Nota Bene #2009-41

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 605
  A few things for you NB readers: 1. NB is now numbered by year-issue instead of marked by date; 2. NB will continue to be issued weekly, but not necessarily on Monday night/Tuesday morning; 3. I liked last week’s format ( quoted line from source ) so much I’m repeating it. Enjoy! … “[O]ur recovery is likely to ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Leonid Meteor Shower

  
  More to Explore — Authority: 125
  by Jeff Bowell, guest blogger Weather and other circumstances permitting, people living in the Front Range might see a remarkable sight in the night sky this week. Leonid Meteor Shower The Leonid (“LAY-oh-nid”) meteor showe r happens each year at about this time in November, but it’s always a toss-up ...
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• Kings of Leonid

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 629
  Tuesday is shaping into a big night for star gazers, since thats when the 2009 Leonid meteor shower will peak, giving those in the Asia in particular something of a spectacular light show. The fireworks will be further helped by ...
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• Leonid Shower Tuesday and Wednesday Mornings

  
  Apathetic Lemming of the North — Authority: 437
  " Strong Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Early Tuesday Morning " Space.com (November 16, 2009) " One of the best annual meteor showers will peak in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, and for some skywatchers the show could be quite impressive. " The best seats are in Asia, but North American observers should be treated to ...
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• Leonid Meteor Shower Set to Light Up the Tuesday Morning Sky

  
  80beats — Authority: 641
  In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, 2009’s edition of the Leonid meteor shower will reach peak viewing time for sky-watchers in North America. Star gazers who lift their eyes to the heavens between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. will likely be rewarded with a good show of “shooting stars.” A second, briefer, but very ...
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• Watch Leonid Meteor Shower 2009 this Wednesday!

  
  DWS Tech — Authority: 143
  Leonid meteor storm will break over the US, North America and Western Africa on the morning of Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (Indian time). This will emit a bright shower of shooting stars in the atmosphere, which can be observed with the naked eye.The Leonid meteor storm is expected to emit 30-300 meteors every hour, ...
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• Watch out for that space boulder!

  
  BEYONDbones — Authority: 127
  Thomas D. Jones, PhD is a veteran NASA astronaut, scientist, speaker, author, and consultant. He holds a doctorate in planetary sciences, and in more than eleven years with NASA, flew on four space shuttle missions to Earth orbit. In 2001, Dr. Jones led three spacewalks to install the centerpiece of the ...
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• ESA Spacecraft May Help Unravel Cosmic Mystery

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 552
  Cassini-Huygens swings by Earth and accelerates towards Saturn.When Europe’s comet chaser Rosetta swings by Earth on Nov. 13 for a critical gravity assist, tracking data will be collected to precisely measure the satellite’s change in orbital energy. The results could help unravel a cosmic mystery that has stumped ...
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• Rosetta Photographs a Crescent Earth on Its Way to a Comet Rendezvous

  
  80beats — Authority: 641
  This dazzling picture of our planet, all dark but the cerulean sliver of the South Pole, was a long time coming. Rosetta, a European Space Agency craft, captured this view of the crescent Earth from about 400,000 miles away. The unmanned probe, which is busy chasing comets, was making its third flypast since it was ...
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• Comet Chaser Makes Final Call Home

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 629
  A European spacecraft makes a final flyby of Earth before zooming out toward a far-flung comet.
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