Comet Impact

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  Comet ATLAS Offers Stunning Display as It Nears the Sun

  Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) recently passed within 8 million miles of the Sun, capturing the attention of astronomers. Observed by NASA and ESA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), the comet’s tail extended dramatically as it encountered intense solar winds, providing a unique opportunity to study the Sun’s impact on comets. The event, wh...

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  Meteoroid Trails Could Help Detect Potentially Hazardous Comets Years in Advance

  Meteoroid trails from long-period comets could provide early warnings of potentially dangerous comets near Earth, giving planetary scientists time to prepare. By studying these trails, scientists can track the paths of rarely visible comets that could pose a risk of impact, helping prevent catastrophic events. With the upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observ...

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  Taurid Meteor Stream Unlikely to Contain Dangerous Asteroids, New Study Suggests

  A recent study led by Quanzhi Ye, an astronomer at the University of Maryland, reveals that the Taurid Meteoroid Complex, a debris stream linked to past Earth impacts, poses less danger than previously thought. Ye's team found fewer large asteroids in the stream, reducing the risk of a catastrophic collision with Earth. While these findings offer r...

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  Will There Be A 'Deep Impact'? What Scientists Say On Approaching "Devil Comet"

  The comet has got the unique name because of horn-like structures on the comet due to two explosions.

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  Comet From Edge Of Solar System Killed Dinosaurs: Study

  Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs.

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  Chandrayaan-2: ISRO Releases Pictures of Impact Craters on Moon

  ISRO has released fresh set of pictures of impact craters on moon surface taken by its Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter.

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  Comet Impact Led To Ancient Global Warming Event: Study

  A comet strike may have triggered the rapid warming of Earth caused by an accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide 56 million years ago, which offers analogs to global warming today, researchers have found.

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  Rosetta Crash-Lands on Comet, Ending 12-Year Space Mission

  The craft had been programmed for a "controlled impact", at a human walking pace of about 90cm per second.

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  Comet Craters Helped Create 'Seeds Of Life' On Earth

  Large meteorite and comet impacts into the sea may have formed the nurseries from which life on Earth first sparked, a new study has found.

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  Comet Craters Helped Create Conditions for Life on Earth: Study

  According to the researchers, impact craters were ideal environments to facilitate the reactions that saw the first "seeds of life" take root.

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  Jupiter Doesn't Shield Earth From Comet Impacts: Study

  Jupiter's most important role in fostering the development of life may have been just the opposite - delivering the volatile materials from the outer Solar System needed for life to form on Earth.

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  Giant Comets May Threaten Earth: Astronomers

  Planet Earth could be at higher risk of a space rock impact than widely thought, according to astronomers who suggested on Tuesday keeping a closer eye on distant giant comets.

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  Impact Produced Comet's Rubber Duck Shape: Study

  An international team says it has solved the riddle, saying "comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is (made) of two distinct objects."

• Oldest Crater on Earth Formed Due to Comet Impact

  Researchers have found that a comet was responsible for creating one of the oldest craters on Earth in Sudbury Basin area located in Ontario, Canada.

• NASA loses contact with Deep Impact spacecraft

  NASA has lost radio contact with a pioneering comet probe that hunted for planets beyond the solar system, officials said on Wednesday.