comet
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"The irony is now we're just studying a regular comet and it crumbles in front of our eyes," said principal investigator Dennis Bodewits, also a professor in Auburn University's Department of Physics.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
In a remarkable stroke of luck, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed a comet in the middle of breaking apart.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
In addition, the elevated platinum levels persisted for about 14 years, indicating a sustained process rather than a sudden event like a meteorite or comet impact.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
This discovery was once seen as evidence that Earth may have been struck by a rare meteorite or comet.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
The Leonid meteor shower is coming soon, as the knackery renders comet Tempel-Tuttle into something else, and something else again.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
