Comets
Comets are small extraterrestrial bodies that orbit around the sun. Comets exhibit a visible tail or coma when they come close to the sun. The comet tail is an effect of solar radiations on the comet's nucleus. Read some interesting facts about comets and the much talked about Haley's comet.
What is a Comet: Comet Facts
A strange ball of fire, streaked across the black dark wilderness of the skies, shattering the stillness of the expanse of the dark milky way spread across the sky. Thousands of miles below on the surface of the Earth, Sir Edmond Halley, watched the strange ball, set off on yet another remarkably long journey. Little did he realize that he would not be able to see the comet again, he had seen it for the first and the last time....
Comet Lulin
The latest discovery in the fascinating world of comets, Lulin is a beautiful shooting star which was last seen in the sky in early 2009. To know more about Comet Lulin, read on..
Facts about Halley's Comet
The appearance of Halley's comet has been a matter of great interest and speculation among the inhabitants of Earth, since a long time. It is also known as '1P' as it was the first periodic comet known to human beings. Here are some interesting facts about one of our major astronomical interests.
Comets: Shrouded by mystery
A comet is a small body composed mostly of frozen ices but typically embedded with solids. Comets orbit the sun in highly elliptical orbits. The Oort cloud is a vast cloud of cometary bodies that extend billions of kilometers out from the sun. An insight into the world of comets and the secrets it hides.
The comet cometh!
What are comets? What are they made of? And what would happen if one of them crashes into us?
Comet Landing - An ambitious mission!!!
European Space Agency has just set a mission to land a spacecraft on a comet. The spacecraft named "ROSETTA" will have to cover nearly 700+ million Km distance in estimated 10.5 years. To achieve a proper speed for this journey, the spacecraft will have to complete three revolutions around Earth and one around Mars.
A strange ball of fire, streaked across the black dark wilderness of the skies, shattering the stillness of the expanse of the dark milky way spread across the sky. Thousands of miles below on the surface of the Earth, Sir Edmond Halley, watched the strange ball, set off on yet another remarkably long journey. Little did he realize that he would not be able to see the comet again, he had seen it for the first and the last time....
Comet Lulin
The latest discovery in the fascinating world of comets, Lulin is a beautiful shooting star which was last seen in the sky in early 2009. To know more about Comet Lulin, read on..
Facts about Halley's Comet
The appearance of Halley's comet has been a matter of great interest and speculation among the inhabitants of Earth, since a long time. It is also known as '1P' as it was the first periodic comet known to human beings. Here are some interesting facts about one of our major astronomical interests.
Comets: Shrouded by mystery
A comet is a small body composed mostly of frozen ices but typically embedded with solids. Comets orbit the sun in highly elliptical orbits. The Oort cloud is a vast cloud of cometary bodies that extend billions of kilometers out from the sun. An insight into the world of comets and the secrets it hides.
The comet cometh!
What are comets? What are they made of? And what would happen if one of them crashes into us?
Comet Landing - An ambitious mission!!!
European Space Agency has just set a mission to land a spacecraft on a comet. The spacecraft named "ROSETTA" will have to cover nearly 700+ million Km distance in estimated 10.5 years. To achieve a proper speed for this journey, the spacecraft will have to complete three revolutions around Earth and one around Mars.