Tag: Comets and Meteors
Global project observes rare meteor showers and meteorite falls
As billionaires battle it out in a space race that only a handful of the world's richest persons can play, a highly inclusive international...
A new timeline of Earth’s cataclysmic past
Earth's cataclysmic past is a fact. Welcome to the early solar system. Just after the planets formed more than 4.5 billion years ago, our...
First evidence of icy comets orbiting a sun-like star
Illustration of the dust ring surrounding HD 181327.Credit: Amanda Smith, University of Cambridge
An international team of astronomers have found evidence of ice and comets...
Supernovae showered Earth with radioactive debris
False color image of Cassiopeia A using Hubble and Spitzer telescopes and Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An international team of scientists has found evidence of...