The Solar System has a new confirmed comet, after repeated observations of candidate 456P/PANSTARRS showed it is an active, icy body. The object, discovered in 2021 and given the temporary name ...
Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. Comet P/2016 BA14 (Pan-STARRS) isn’t your average space snowball and it knows how to make an entrance. At first 2016 BA14 was ...
After collecting samples from Kamoʻoalewa, Tianwen-2 will return them to Earth and then set course for its second target, the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. This comet is located in the asteroid ...
After collecting samples from Kamoʻoalewa, Tianwen-2 will return them to Earth and then set course for its second target, the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. This comet is located in the asteroid belt ...
After delivering samples to Earth, the spacecraft will use our planet for a gravitational slingshot maneuver and set it on a course for main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. The sample phase is ...
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Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) or just Comet PANSTARRS, has graced our March skies. These are some of the images from the Sy at Night flickr site.
"Can you see the flag the astronauts left there?" This then leads to a discussion on how far the Moon is, versus the ...