SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviews All Posts Tagged Comets ‘Oumuamua’s weird motion has an explanation, and it isn’t aliens Unless... By Cassidy Ward | 4 days ago A comet is about to pass by Earth for the first (and last) time in 50,000 years Don't forget to wave. By Cassidy Ward | 2 months ago Astronomers detect a mysterious glow around the solar system Rage, rage against the dying of the light. By Cassidy Ward | 3 months ago A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago The biggest comet ever seen shows off its hair for Hubble UN271 is ~137 km across, bigger than any other object like it ever seen. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago Is Ryugu a dead comet masquerading as an asteroid? The near-Earth object looks like an asteroid but may be an ice-free comet By Phil Plait | 1 year ago If you're a comet, it's not easy being green. Now we know why. Green color in comets is all in its head, not its tail. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Glass reveals a ginormous comet exploded right above the Atacama desert 12,000 years ago We just learned a comet exploded over the desert some 12,000 years ago, and the evidence was trapped in glass. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago How comets spawn could finally be demystified by a possible mission to a Centaur Researchers are now proposing a mission that will watch a Centaur evolve from asteroid to comet. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago The case of the Centaurs that didn't bark in the night By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Load More
‘Oumuamua’s weird motion has an explanation, and it isn’t aliens Unless... By Cassidy Ward | 4 days ago
A comet is about to pass by Earth for the first (and last) time in 50,000 years Don't forget to wave. By Cassidy Ward | 2 months ago
Astronomers detect a mysterious glow around the solar system Rage, rage against the dying of the light. By Cassidy Ward | 3 months ago
A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago
The biggest comet ever seen shows off its hair for Hubble UN271 is ~137 km across, bigger than any other object like it ever seen. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago
Is Ryugu a dead comet masquerading as an asteroid? The near-Earth object looks like an asteroid but may be an ice-free comet By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
If you're a comet, it's not easy being green. Now we know why. Green color in comets is all in its head, not its tail. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Glass reveals a ginormous comet exploded right above the Atacama desert 12,000 years ago We just learned a comet exploded over the desert some 12,000 years ago, and the evidence was trapped in glass. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago
How comets spawn could finally be demystified by a possible mission to a Centaur Researchers are now proposing a mission that will watch a Centaur evolve from asteroid to comet. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago