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The comet comes from the Oort Cloud, a remote region at the outer edge of the solar system that is believed to contain the ...

G3 (ATLAS) should be visible from the southern hemisphere, and possibly also the northern hemisphere, over the next few days ...

Former professional footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili has been formally inaugurated as president of Georgia, cementing the ruling party’s grip in what the opposition called a blow to the country’s EU ...

The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids ...

(KRON) — Heavenly Mountain Resort is investigating an incident that occurred on its Comet Express chairlift on Monday morning. Officials confirmed that five people were hospitalized.

A spokesperson for the Lake Tahoe-area resort said the following, “Heavenly Mountain Resort can confirm an incident occurred on its Comet Express chairlift today, Monday, December 23 ...

Are you ready for one final look at the brightest comet for over a decade? After wowing sky-watchers in September and October, comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is fading out in the night sky ...

Photo credt: TGIFaanes via Reddit Comet Express Chair is on the right side of the map Photo credit: xamfed via Reddit UPDATE: Witnesses of Monday’s incident at Heavenly’s Comet Express ...

Because they move closer to the sun, solar heating can cause certain ices to sublimate, forming a gaseous halo or coma around the centaur, a bit like a comet. Charles Schambeau of the University ...

By Houman Barekat Reviewing from London In a new London production of Dave Malloy’s Tolstoy-inspired pop opera, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” the stage is featureless but for ...

Since Chiron possesses characteristics of both an asteroid and a comet, it makes it rich for studying many processes that could assist in understanding them, she says. Credit: University of ...