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Begin Planning Your Journey to Comet 103P/Hartley

Posted by Warren Wong on Friday, November 19, 2010, In : Comet 103P/Hartley 

Board your time machine to the stars near the end of October 

Comet 103P/Hartley leaves a trail as it travels through the inner solar system

September is the time for you and the kids to begin planning a journey to a celestial body that will be at its closest point to Earth and Sol, sometime near the end of October. Comet 103P/Hartley has been in the news, of late, as NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will fly by Comet 103P/Hartley, in the first part of November. Observers boarding their ...


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Collisions in Space

Posted by Warren Wong on Friday, November 5, 2010, In : NASA spacecraft 
Something might have hit THEMIS-B. NASA photos.

Considering the volume of bodies circling in the solar system one might think that collisions between bodies in the solar system is commonplace, but in fact collisions between bodies circling in the solar system are relatively uncommon. This is what makes a recent report by NASA of a possible collision of one of their spacecraft with a meteorite a highlight of sorts, or at least something relatively unusual. NASA reported a possible colli...


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