A new hypothesis suggests that the breaking apart and eventual collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 – the first space rock ever directly observed hitting another Solar System body, Jupiter ...
Canadian astronomer David H. Levy said, "Comets are like cats- they have tails, and they do precisely what they want." This description fits perfectly to Comet C/2023 A3 or Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ...
Add the Jupiter crash of comet Shoemaker-Levy in 1994, Halley's most recent visit in 1986, vivid comet West in 1976, and the scientifically signifiant—if visually disappointing—Kohoutek in ...
“(Comets) are notoriously difficult to predict. I would also quote David Levy, 'Comets are like cats: They both have tails and do exactly as they please,’” Haynes says. “But even if it ...