Tag: "comet"
Comets May Have Delivered Life's Early Building Blocks
The building blocks of life on Earth may have originated in space.
Post on Mar 08, 2013 by Sean Greene from KQED Science
The Leonids Are Back!
The Leonids are back: the annual meteor shower of November that offers us the chance to see a bit of very ancient history disintegrate in a fiery second.
Post on Nov 16, 2012 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Phoebe: Quirky, Mystical, Magical Moon
Phoebe, a quirky outlying moon of Saturn, was once thought to be a captured comet, but now is believed by some scientists to be something much rarer: a captured planetesimal.
Post on May 04, 2012 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
In Search of the Oldest Stuff: Rocks of Ages
What's the oldest stuff you've ever seen, or better still, touched? Have you felt awe from contact with something of great antiquity? How old can stuff be?
Post on Mar 23, 2012 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
European Comet Blockbuster Currently in Production
If the European Space Agency is successful, we'll be enjoying an exciting comet-landing mission blockbuster extravaganza in only 2-3 years!
Post on Feb 10, 2012 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
NASA's Cosmic Two-For-One Deal: A Return to Comet Tempel 1
On February 14, 2011, NASA encountered the comet Tempel 1 using the recycled Stardust spacecraft. For the first time in history, they visited the same comet twice – affording them the opportunity to observe changes in the icy body.
Post on Feb 25, 2011 by Ben Burress
Comet Hartley 2: Up Close and Personal
On November 4, 2010, NASA's EPOXI flyby mission captured stunning close-up images of comet Hartley 2, and let web and satellite audiences fly along on an exciting live experience of the encounter.
Post on Nov 19, 2010 by Ben Burress
Personal Comet
Nothing seems to capture the pure grandeur and extra-Earthly splendor of outer space like a comet…but at Chabot we like to bring things down to Earth a bit—not to diminish their wonder and awe-inspiring beauty, but rather to give us a chance to connect with pieces of the Universe in a personal way that—we hope—will only enhance their wonder.
Post on Jan 29, 2010 by Ben Burress
Post on Jul 31, 2009 by Ben Burress
Producer's Notes: Asteroid Hunters
On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:40PM GMT, just a mere month after we’d finished the Asteroid Hunters segment, an asteroid of up to 165 feet in diameter snuck up on us, coming within approximately 37,000 miles from a direct impact with Earth.
Post on Mar 23, 2009 by Amy Miller
Stealth Comet Blows Cover
Comet Holmes, photographed on October 24, 2007, shortly after its unexpected outburst. Credit: Conrad JungAt the risk of sounding a news flash that will be past history by the time it hits the web, I can't let the sudden and unexpectedly bold appearance of normally mild-mannered and unassuming Comet Holmes pass without comment. British astronomer, [...]
Post on Nov 09, 2007 by Ben Burress
