Scientists have spotted a very strange activity in our Solar System. They observed that a comet was pushed out of the solar system by Saturn after a close encounter with the planet. The comet, which was designated Comet A117uUD (A117uUD), was found by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on June 14, 2024. However, researchers …
A fragmented comet smashed into the Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago, causing a widespread … [+] climatic shift, according to new research. getty Scientists have found evidence for the so-called Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis that a comet exploded in Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago, causing temperatures on Earth to dip. A paper published in the …
In a new study, scientists have found that the crashing of an atmospheric comet in the atmosphere of Earth set the planet on fire nearly 12,000 years ago. The geological history of our planet is hidden in the layers of dirt and stone where lies the evidence of celestial impacts, ancient cultures and climatic shifts. …
Updated Jun 1, 2024, 14:43 IST These space rocks vary in size, from dust particles to massive bodies spanning several kilometres. Space remains a vast mystery despite countless exploration missions and studies. Humans have always been captivated by celestial bodies, especially asteroids—rocky remnants from the formation of our solar system. These space rocks vary in …
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will make the closest approach on Oct 10. After solar storms and eclipse, the year 2024 is set to offer another spectacle for sky gazers. According to Forbes, people will be able to see Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) with naked eyes in the month of October. It is currently travelling between the orbits …
A comet is headed for Earth, and as it gets closer, it is likely to get brighter than most stars in the sky. We’ve already had a ton of great cosmic events this year, from the “Great North American Solar Eclipse” in April to the brilliant northern lights that shined overhead earlier this month. This …
Mumbai: The periodical comet, named ’12P/Pons-Brooks’ will finally reach closest to greet Earth on Sunday, as it hurtles towards the sun on its return journey after 71 years, thrilling the Indian and global scientific community. The celestial visitor, also nicknamed ‘Devil Comet’ has been affording its glimpses to humanity since early March, appearing as a …
NASA’s Stardust mission returned rocky material from the coma of comet 81P/Wild 2 (pronounced ‘Vilt 2’) to Earth on January 15, 2006. Comet Wild 2 contains volatile ices and likely accreted beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was expected that the Wild 2 samples would contain abundant primordial molecular cloud material — interstellar and circumstellar …
NEW YORK: Humanity has spied more than 5,500 worlds orbiting other stars, and some are truly exotic. One seems to have titanium clouds, while on another, storms of glass may rain down. WASP-69b, a planet orbiting a star 160 light-years away, is the latest addition to the eccentric menagerie. As revealed this week at a …
Caves have been spotted on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. (Image Credit: Philippe Lamy, Guillaume Faury, David Romeuf, Olivier Groussin, MNRAS/News9). Subscribe to Notifications Subscribe to Notifications The Rosetta spacecraft, launched on board an Ariane 5 rocket from the spaceport of the European Space Agency in Kourou, French Guiana, in March 2004. After …