Sky-gazers »
Bizarre Toxic Chemicals In Comet P67
For many decades astronomers have been claiming comets are dirty snowballs. It is the rendezvous with comet P67 that prompted me to look into this. But there are far more contradictions to current science
Read More »
Graphic Shows The Size Of Rosetta’s Comet
Our sense of scale tends to adjust to circumstances. So when we think about comets it is easy to compare them with other astronomical objects. In which case comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, just 3km wide, sounds
Read More »
NASA Spacecraft Snaps New Photo of Potential ‘Comet of the Century’
A NASA spacecraft scanning for the most powerful explosions in the universe has captured a photo of Comet ISON, an icy wanderer that could potentially dazzle stargazers when it swings close to the sun
Read More »
Comet, Not Asteroid, Killed Dinosaurs, Study Suggests
The rocky object that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago may have been a comet, rather than an asteroid, scientists say. The 112-mile (180 kilometers) Chicxulub crater in Mexico was made by the
Read More »
The comet that could outshine the MOON in 2013: Sky-gazers anticipating object so bright it could even be visible in daylight
Astronomers around the world are tracking with eager anticipation the arrival of a comet next year which could even outshine our Moon in the night sky. Comet ISON is expected to draw millions into the
Read More »