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The First Comet We Ever Saw Slam Into Jupiter May Have Left It With A New Ring
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 ...
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What is ‘Comet of the Century' and when will it come near to Earth? How, where and when it can be seen? Details here
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 ...
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The Age of Comets
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 ...
Why ‘comets are like cats’
It’s no accident that holidays featuring lights are celebrated in December. This month Venus and Jupiter – and possibly one comet – crank up the wattage for us.