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MASSIVE GUNK COVERED Asteroid Hurling Toward Earth on May 31
La Canada Flintridge :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Its surface is covered in a sticky black gunk akin to the bottom of a very old and well used barbecue. And it's hurling toward earth to make a fly by, May, 31st, 2013. Scientists are not sure where this unusually large space rock, which was
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Otago meteor shower images captured
Auckland :: New Zealand | 11 days ago
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An Invercargill photographer has captured stunning images of a meteor shower over the Otago Harbour this week...He said he needed a clear view to the north east, so drove to Aramoana at the entrance to Otago Harbour to take the snaps. "As soon as I
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Russian scientist claims to have found asteroid fragments that caused mysterious explosion in Siberia in 1908
London :: United Kingdom | 15 days ago
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3 May 2013 A Russian scientist has claimed that he has found the first fragments of a mystery object which caused a huge explosion over Siberia more than a century ago. The Tunguska Event in June 1908 saw a mysterious blast more powerful than the
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Hubble snaps image of approaching comet
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 19 days ago
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The operators of the Hubble Space Telescope say the orbiting observatory has snapped photos of an approaching comet. The Baltimore-based Space Telescope Science Institute says the Comet Ison is being called the comet of the century'' because it could
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Comet of the century? ISON has 'potential' to be visible all day.
Boston :: MA :: USA | 23 days ago
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ments Comet of the century? ISON has 'potential' to be visible all day. As sun-grazing comet ISON approaches the sun, it's getting progressively brighter and might even flare into a dazzling object bright enough to be visible in broad daylight. By
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Hubble telescope spies incoming Comet ISON
Huntsville :: AL :: USA | 24 days ago
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AFP A recently discovered comet, dazzlingly bright even though it is still almost as far away as Jupiter, is racing toward a November rendezvous with the sun, officials say. If it survives the encounter and that's a big if the comet may be visible
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Hubble photographs newly discovered comet ISON
Jupiter :: FL :: USA | 25 days ago
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Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have captured images of a recently discovered, highly active comet that will skim 730,000 miles above the Sun's surface on Nov. 28 and has the potential to be readily visible from Earth.
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Meteorite crashes through roof in Conn., scientist says
New Haven :: CT :: USA | 25 days ago
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Conn. A Yale scientist says a rock that crashed through the roof of a home in Wolcott was a meteorite. Police say resident Larry Bech called them Saturday morning to report that his home had been damaged by a falling rock the night before.
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Hubble releases 'comet of the century' images
If you happen to look up in the sky this November and see an object brighter than the moon, have no fear: It’s only the “comet of the century.” That’s the impressive moniker being given to Comet ISON because
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Comet smash behind mysterious water on Jupiter
Jupiter :: FL :: USA | 25 days ago
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The mysterious traces of water in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter came from a comet that smashed into the largest planet of the solar system in 1994, the European Space agency (ESA) has found. ESA's Herschel space observatory solved the long-standing
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