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October 2024 Skywatching: Comet C/2023 A3, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and More Expect Over the Coming Weeks
October 2024 offers fantastic skywatching opportunities, including Comet C/2023 A3 visible from October 14-24, paired with beautiful planetary views of Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter. The full moon, Europa’s visibility, and other celestial events make this month perfect for sky enthusiasts. Grab your binoculars for an unforgettable experience!
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Bright Space Rock To Light Up Sky This Week, Comet To Visit After 80,000 Years
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is set to make a dramatic appearance in our skies over the next few weeks.
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Comet, Asteroid, Or Something Else? NASA Detects Mysterious Object Hurtling Through Space At 1 Million Miles Per Hour
Moving at a mind-boggling speed of 1 million miles per hour, this unidentified object is racing through the vast expanse of space.
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NASA Concludes NEOWISE Mission After Successful Asteroid Detections
NASA has officially decommissioned the NEOWISE mission, a key component of its planetary defense strategy. Over its more than 10-year lifespan, NEOWISE exceeded its objectives by detecting thousands of asteroids and comets, including many near-Earth objects that could potentially pose a threat to our planet. The infrared data collected by the space...
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The 2024 Perseid Meteor Shower To Peak Tonight: Where And How To Watch
The shower is expected to produce around 50-75 meteors per hour at its peak, with the possibility of fireballs and meteors with long trains.
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Neanderthal Comet: Name, Meaning And Other Details In 5 Points
Neanderthal Comet, a newly discovered comet, could be visible to the naked eye under dark skies, as it approaches Earth on February 1 and 2, according to American space agency NASA.
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Rare Green Comet To Fly Past Earth In February For First Time In 50,000 Years
A green comet, which has not been seen in the past 50,000 years, is set to make an appearance in the night sky in the coming weeks. The comet will make its closest approach to the Earth's orbit in late January and early February.
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Newly Discovered Comet Set To Fly Past Earth In February: All You Need To Know
A newly discovered comet, which has not been seen in the past 50,000 years, is set to become visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks.
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This Comet Could Be Visible To Naked Eye In January, February 2023
This new comet was discovered in March last year while it was in Jupiter's orbit. Its current path will bring it close to the sun on January 12.
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"Did Not Survive": NASA Films Comet Plunging Into Sun
American Space Agency NASA's Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of a comet disintegrating as it approached the Sun.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Almost Set to Go for Solar System Exploration, Find Universe's Deepest Secrets
The Webb team has already begun technical operations to test instruments aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observatory. The team is running a final test to check how precisely the Webb telescope can find distant stars and galaxies and acquire their images and spectra.
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Lyrid Meteor Shower To Be Witnessed In These Indian Cities Today
The Lyrid meteors according to NASA have been observed for the last 2,700 years and are well known to leave behind glowing dust trails and streaks in the night sky as they pass through.
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NASA Video Shows Comet Borisov Visiting From Outside Our Solar System
NASA's Hubble Telescope has photographed the interstellar Comet Borisov at a distance of 260 million miles (about 41.84 crore km) from Earth. Comet Borisov is the only second interstellar object to ever enter our solar system: the first such visitor was an object officially named "Oumuamua".
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NASA's Hubble Telescope Finds Comet With Largest Nucleus
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has determined that the nucleus of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) as the largest ever found. The estimated diameter of this comet's nucleus is approximately 80 miles across, and the mass of this comet's nucleus is around 500 trillion tons.
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Leonard Comet to Fly Past Earth on December 12, Likely to Be Very Bright
The comet, named Leonard after the astronomer Gregory Leonard, who discovered it earlier this year, is likely to be bright when it makes its closest approach to Earth on December 12. In fact, the comet is still visible in the sky in the east, before sunrise.
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October 2024 Skywatching: Comet C/2023 A3, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and More Expect Over the Coming Weeks
October 2024 offers fantastic skywatching opportunities, including Comet C/2023 A3 visible from October 14-24, paired with beautiful planetary views of Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter. The full moon, Europa’s visibility, and other celestial events make this month perfect for sky enthusiasts. Grab your binoculars for an unforgettable experience!
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Bright Space Rock To Light Up Sky This Week, Comet To Visit After 80,000 Years
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is set to make a dramatic appearance in our skies over the next few weeks.
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Comet, Asteroid, Or Something Else? NASA Detects Mysterious Object Hurtling Through Space At 1 Million Miles Per Hour
Moving at a mind-boggling speed of 1 million miles per hour, this unidentified object is racing through the vast expanse of space.
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NASA Concludes NEOWISE Mission After Successful Asteroid Detections
NASA has officially decommissioned the NEOWISE mission, a key component of its planetary defense strategy. Over its more than 10-year lifespan, NEOWISE exceeded its objectives by detecting thousands of asteroids and comets, including many near-Earth objects that could potentially pose a threat to our planet. The infrared data collected by the space...
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The 2024 Perseid Meteor Shower To Peak Tonight: Where And How To Watch
The shower is expected to produce around 50-75 meteors per hour at its peak, with the possibility of fireballs and meteors with long trains.
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Neanderthal Comet: Name, Meaning And Other Details In 5 Points
Neanderthal Comet, a newly discovered comet, could be visible to the naked eye under dark skies, as it approaches Earth on February 1 and 2, according to American space agency NASA.
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Rare Green Comet To Fly Past Earth In February For First Time In 50,000 Years
A green comet, which has not been seen in the past 50,000 years, is set to make an appearance in the night sky in the coming weeks. The comet will make its closest approach to the Earth's orbit in late January and early February.
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Newly Discovered Comet Set To Fly Past Earth In February: All You Need To Know
A newly discovered comet, which has not been seen in the past 50,000 years, is set to become visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks.
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This Comet Could Be Visible To Naked Eye In January, February 2023
This new comet was discovered in March last year while it was in Jupiter's orbit. Its current path will bring it close to the sun on January 12.
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"Did Not Survive": NASA Films Comet Plunging Into Sun
American Space Agency NASA's Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of a comet disintegrating as it approached the Sun.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Almost Set to Go for Solar System Exploration, Find Universe's Deepest Secrets
The Webb team has already begun technical operations to test instruments aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observatory. The team is running a final test to check how precisely the Webb telescope can find distant stars and galaxies and acquire their images and spectra.
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Lyrid Meteor Shower To Be Witnessed In These Indian Cities Today
The Lyrid meteors according to NASA have been observed for the last 2,700 years and are well known to leave behind glowing dust trails and streaks in the night sky as they pass through.
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NASA Video Shows Comet Borisov Visiting From Outside Our Solar System
NASA's Hubble Telescope has photographed the interstellar Comet Borisov at a distance of 260 million miles (about 41.84 crore km) from Earth. Comet Borisov is the only second interstellar object to ever enter our solar system: the first such visitor was an object officially named "Oumuamua".
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NASA's Hubble Telescope Finds Comet With Largest Nucleus
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has determined that the nucleus of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) as the largest ever found. The estimated diameter of this comet's nucleus is approximately 80 miles across, and the mass of this comet's nucleus is around 500 trillion tons.
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Leonard Comet to Fly Past Earth on December 12, Likely to Be Very Bright
The comet, named Leonard after the astronomer Gregory Leonard, who discovered it earlier this year, is likely to be bright when it makes its closest approach to Earth on December 12. In fact, the comet is still visible in the sky in the east, before sunrise.
