Keith’s note: lots of imaging and other observations of Comet 3I/ATLAS by various NASA spacecraft. Sorry, Avi Loeb: No aliens. 👽 More info here.
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NASA KSC Announces COMET Staff RIF (Update)
Keith’s note: Sources report that Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering and Test (COMET) contract management at NASA Kennedy sent an email out saying that they’re going to RIF the COMET personnel […]
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More Teasing By Space Droids UPDATE: False Alarm
There is something I would like to tell you… tomorrow at 17:00 CET. — Philae Lander (@Philae2014) October 27, 2020 Keith’s note: False alarm. Nothing interesting. This is what the […]
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The Little Comet Lander That Could
Osiris Spots Philae Drifting Across Comet 67P/C “These incredible images show the breathtaking journey of Rosetta’s Philae lander as it approached and then rebounded from its first touchdown on Comet […]
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Philae Has Landed on a Comet
Philae Image of Comet From 3 km “The image shows comet 67P/CG acquired by the ROLIS instrument on the Philae lander during descent on Nov 12, 2014 14:38:41 UT from […]
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Earth's Comet Hunting Blind Spot
Earth at risk after cuts close comet-spotting program, scientists warn, The Guardian “The Earth has been left with a huge blind spot for potentially devastating comet strikes after the only […]
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Help Rescue The ISEE-3 Spacecraft And Put It Back to Work
ISEE-3 Reboot Project (IRP): Our plan is simple: we intend to contact the ISEE-3 (International Sun-Earth Explorer) spacecraft, command it to fire its engine and enter an orbit near Earth, […]
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Comet ISON Heads Toward the Sun (Update)
Comet ISON May or May Not Still Exist “Comet ISON went around the sun on Nov. 28, 2013. Several solar observatories watched the comet throughout this closest approach to the […]
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Watching a Dirty Snowball In The Night Sky
Christmas Comet Lovejoy Captured at Paranal “The recently discovered Comet Lovejoy has been captured in stunning photos and time-lapse video taken from ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The comet graced […]
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Stardust Goes Dark Today
NASA Turns off Stardust Today “On Thursday, March 24 at about 4 p.m. PDT (7 p.m. EDT), NASA’s Stardust spacecraft will perform a final burn with its main engines. At […]