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The meteor shower happens when Earth passes through debris from Halley’s comet.
Each year, the Earth runs through a broad river of dust surrounding Comet Halley – giving birth to the spectacular Eta Aquariid meteor shower.
A poor start for meteor showers in 2021 but things get better with a possible spectacular surprise later in the year. Here’s your guide on when and where to look to catch nature’s fireworks.
Are you hesitating to buy anti-Covid-19 toothpaste? 100 years ago, you might have found some miracle elixirs to protect you from Halley’s Comet.
A big year ahead for some of the meteor showers this year. Here’s your 2020 guide on when and where to look to catch nature’s fireworks.
The comet 46P/Wirtanen is just 1.2km in size but it should be visible in the night sky this Saturday as it makes a close approach to Earth this year. And don’t forget the Geminids meteor shower.
A bright comet visible in December provides an excellent viewing opportunity for night sky lovers – even potentially with the naked eye.
Without the scientific knowledge we have today, ancient cultures turned to myths and legends to understand celestial objects.
Dust can be instructive. The analysis of those collected around the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko provided new information on the history of the solar system.
Rosetta is a first-class mission, because it is a mission of firsts. First to fly-by asteroid Steins, a rare metal-poor asteroid. First to travel past asteroid Lutetia, which might be related to a class…
The first attempted landing on the surface of a comet is a huge landmark in the history of space exploration that will not only uncover further details about comets but could unlock further clues about…
As Earth orbits the sun, it continually ploughs through dust and debris left behind by passing comets and asteroids. On any night of the year, a keen-eyed observer might see five, or even ten, meteors…
Astronomers world-wide are gearing up for what NASA calls a “once in a lifetime” event: the Comet Siding Spring will swing past Mars on its maiden voyage through the solar system in the early hours next…
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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Director of the Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University
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Astrochimiste, post-doctorante au Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM), Carnegie Science
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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PhD Candidate, University of Southern Queensland
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Astrophysicien, Professeur des Universités, Université Paris Cité
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Lecturer in Ancient History, Cardiff University
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Lecturer in Astronomy, Nottingham Trent University
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Astrochimiste, Maître de Conférences à l’Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Saclay
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Astrochimiste, Professeur au Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC)
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Professor of Astrophysics, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology