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What are comets? The secret lives of space snowballs, explained.
In recent years, several spacecraft have studied comets up close. NASA’s Stardust mission brought back samples from Comet Wild-2 to Earth in 2006. The particles were chock full of hydrocarbons — ...
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Comet Nishimura's Tail Fails In The Solar Wind In Amazing Spacecraft Time-Lapse
Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the ...
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How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond
Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...
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Houston Texans trade RB Cam Akers to Minnesota Vikings
Running back Cam Akers is returning to Minnesota. The Houston Texans have agreed to trade Akers to the Vikings, the Vikings announced Tuesday night. Minnesota will also get a conditional 2026 ...
'Fireball' meteors possible over US tonight as South Taurid meteor shower peaks
The South Taurid and North Taurid meteor showers peak in early November. Here's everything you need to know about this ...
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NASA's 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth's atmosphere
The successor mission, NASA's NEO Surveyor (Near Earth Object Surveyor), will be the first space telescope that will be ...