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Signs of Life
Friday, September 20th, 2013Perseid Shower
Sunday, August 11th, 2013
Some tips on viewing one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year!
10,000 Near-Earth Objects
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
Asteroid 2013 MZ5 joined the ranks of asteroids and comets whose orbits pass near Earth. On an astronomical scale, “near” means within 28 million miles…
Comet Pan-STARRS
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
by Bing Quock Discovered in June 2011, Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS (yeah, quite a mouthful) is one of two comets that astronomershope will flare to spectacular brightness this year, becoming easily visible to the naked eye. While the December appearance of Comet C/2012 S1 ISON is still too far away to predict its brightness accurately, Comet Pan-STARRS has been putting on a good show for Southern Hemisphere [...]
Pinpointing Date of Impact
Friday, February 8th, 2013
New dating techniques have brought the impact and mass extinction events within a “gnat’s eyebrow.”
Universe Update, January 2012
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Coming at you from the desk of the Director of the Morrison Planetarium, hand-picked stories in space and astronomy news.
Comet Oceans
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Did Earth’s oceans arrive by comet?
Ring Ripples Are Comet Clues
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Ripples in the rings of Saturn and Jupiter can tell scientists when a comet passed through.
2010′s Best Meteor Shower?
Monday, August 9th, 2010
Get ready for the the Perseid meteor shower later this week. It’s one of the most spectacular showers of the year, with an average rate of 50-60 meteors per hour.
Hot “Cometary” Planet
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Hubble has revealed that a popular exoplanet has a comet-like feature.
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