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Look Up Friday! Green Comet and Snow Moon Eclipse Team Up for Skywatchers
Skywatchers this weekend will get two special, subtle treats: a penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday (Feb. 10) and a strange green comet reaching its peak viewing time the following morning.
A Strange Green Comet Is Heading Our Way
Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova, returning to the inner solar system after more than five years, will be visible this week with binoculars or a small telescope.
Hubble Spies Exocomets Diving into Young Star
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected several comets diving toward a young star about 95 light-years from Earth.
'New Year's Eve Comet' and More: Three Flybys Will Kick Off 2017 New Year
The "New Years' Eve Comet" that's been streaking across the sky this December isn't the only otherworldly visitor ringing in the New Year in Earth's neighborhood.
Sounding the Alarm: Comets Pose Threat to Earth, Too
If your death-from-above musings focus solely on asteroids, you need to broaden your mind. Comets pose a serious risk as well, researchers say.
Goodbye, Rosetta! Spacecraft Crash-Lands on Comet in Epic Mission Finale
The Rosetta probe drifted down to the surface of Comet 67P today (Sept. 30) and ended its 12-year mission.
Rosetta Probe Gets Rare Close-Up of Comet Eruption (Video)
Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has captured dramatic imagery of a comet outburst that may have been caused by a landslide on the icy body.
