comet
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As tiny particles from the comet enter the Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they heat up and produce streaks of light across the night sky that we see as meteors.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Conversation in the house during these years often focused on global catastrophic risks ranging from comet strikes to supervolcanoes, according to a person who spent time there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Twice each year, Earth passes through trails of dust and debris left behind by Halley's comet.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
He’s distracted when he decides to race a comet: “We roared and thundered along side by side, both doing our level best, because I’d never struck a comet before that could lay over me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
And, unlike a comet, the new star stood still, which made it much easier to measure its parallax.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Halley's Comet is one of the most famous comets in our Solar System and has been observed from Earth for centuries.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Astronomers have seen similar behavior in some comets from our own solar system.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
These small icy grains effectively behave like miniature comets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
This occurs when the Earth passes through trials of debris from asteroids or comets.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
However, towards the end of this period, comets entered Halley’s life for the first time, although at first only in a minor way.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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