comet
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In these events, an incoming object such as a comet detonates above the ground, releasing intense heat and shockwaves that reach Earth's surface.
From Science Daily
As opposed to this threatening metaphorical comet, the Northern “Star Spangled Atmosphere,” Lemen wrote, was “well regulated in its revolutions” and “its universal laws are too well Founded to be over thrown.”
It could also test whether frequent comet activity replenishes the dust, a process studied by Steward researcher Virginie Faramaz-Gorka, who is also a co-author on the paper.
From Science Daily
We get treated to meteor showers when Earth passes through the trails of comets - icy objects which Nasa calls 'cosmic snowballs' - or in rarer cases, including the Geminids, asteroids, which are rocky.
From BBC
Asteroids and comets are remnants of that transitional phase, planetesimals that never developed into full-size planets.
From Science Daily
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