SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Comets A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait | 1 month 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 | 4 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 | 4 months 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 | 7 months 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 | 9 months 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 | 9 months ago The case of the Centaurs that didn't bark in the night By Phil Plait | 9 months ago Why did this comet disintegrate when its sibling was able to hold it together? By Phil Plait | 11 months ago This asteroid fizzes like Pop Rocks in space (and could almost pass for a comet) By Elizabeth Rayne | 11 months ago Don’t panic! But a gigantic comet is currently inbound toward the Sun By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Load More
A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait | 1 month 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 | 4 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 | 4 months 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 | 7 months 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 | 9 months 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 | 9 months ago
Why did this comet disintegrate when its sibling was able to hold it together? By Phil Plait | 11 months ago
This asteroid fizzes like Pop Rocks in space (and could almost pass for a comet) By Elizabeth Rayne | 11 months ago
