| 单词 | comet |
| 例句 | He rode looking straight ahead, a crowd beginning to trail out after him like the tail of a comet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The comet's tail spread across the dawn, a red slash that bled above the crags of Dragonstone like a wound in the pink and purple sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was near blind and could not see the comet, yet she claimed she could smell it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ptolemy thought that comets bring wars, hot weather and “disturbed conditions.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Arguments over the location of novas and comets in the heavens thus continued even after 1610, after which date the traditional Ptolemaic system was abandoned by all competent participants. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If I flew high enoughi I could even see the Seven Kingdoms, and reach up and touch the comet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They pay almost no attention to all the moons and planets, asteroids and comets, quasars and pulsars, exploding galaxies, symbiotic stars, cataclysmic variables and X-ray sources that have been discovered since Ptolemy’s time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But occasionally a passing star makes a gravitational flurry and commotion in the cometary cloud, and a group of comets finds itself in highly elliptical orbits, plunging toward the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Velikovsky imagined the comet, after a complicated game of interplanetary billiards, to settle down into a stable, nearly circular orbit, becoming the planet Venus—which he claimed never existed before then. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Blackjack folded his wings and plummeted toward the boat like a black comet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z How did I comet to this/ he remembered thinking as he stood over the fly-speckled bodies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Huggins had found organic matter in the comets; in subsequent years cyanogen, CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom, the molecular fragment that makes cyanides, was identified in the tails of comets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The spectacle, created by the slow disintegration of the comet Swift-Tuttle, is named for the constellation Perseus, the Greek hero who killed Medusa. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The way she said it made him shiver, and when he asked what the comet meant, she answered, "Blood and fire, boy, and nothing sweet." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Entrepreneurs hawked anti-comet pills and gas masks, the latter an eerie premonition of the battlefields of World War I. Some confusion about comets continues to our own time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It reappeared, going away from the Sun, a little later, and was at first thought to be two separate comets. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He believes the rainbow is a sign from God and that comets portend evil. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Just when he thought a vomit comet was about to fly...he stopped moving. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But what if the flashes were instead caused by the impact of a small asteroid or a piece of a comet? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It might be a good idea for us to understand comets and collisions and catastrophes a little better than we do. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Do the comets and asteroids think it inadvisable to impact an inhabited planet? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But an impact with a large comet, such as Hailey’s Comet, whose nucleus is perhaps twenty kilometers across, should occur only about once every billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d wake her in the middle of the night and they’d use the big Deep Space Hunter telescope to look at a comet or other celestial event. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I knew that, barely visible in the sky at this time, was a newly discovered comet called Arend-Roland. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "My sense," wrote one, "is that Jupiter will swallow these comets up without so much as a burp." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "The way the comet points is the way we must go," Dany insisted . . . though in truth, it was the only way open to her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There are no energy sources for comets or planets to be ejected by Jupiter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed that comets, like planets, move in ellipses: “Comets are a sort of planets revolved in very eccentric orbits about the Sun.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I stumbled down the street, the comet tail in my eyes, seeing a little better now and looking back to see the water spraying like a mad geyser in the moonlight. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We were trailing a comet’s tail of light, orange-yellow in the center, with edges of blue-green and lavender. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a very prominent object in the night sky, clearly visible from the streets of London and Paris, the brightest comet that anyone alive at the time had ever seen. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It screamed and fled into the trees like a wounded comet. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The great tail is blown away from the icy nucleus of the comet by a wind of protons and electrons from the Sun, which has set below this horizon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There are Mesopotamian inscriptions referring to Venus that predate the time when Velikovsky says Venus changed from a comet into a planet.’ Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see the comet hanging above the Guards Hall and the Bell Tower, and farther back the First Keep, squat and round, its gargoyles black shapes against the bruised purple dusk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s a little too close to the reek of Dad burning chorizo and eggs on the weekend before we found out about the comet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A strange scenario: a small comet hits the Earth, as millions of them have, and the response of our civilization is promptly to self-destruct. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked around and realized that every object on this vast plain had grown a vaporous comet’s tail—all pointing toward Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The comet was splendid and scary all at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was dark amongst the trees, but the comet lit his way, and his feet were sure. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It didn’t become Halley’s comet until 1758, some sixteen years after his death. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Newton noted that the matter in the tails of comets is dissipated in interplanetary space, lost to the comet and little by little attracted gravitationally to nearby planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The one thing he didn’t do, interestingly enough, was discover the comet that bears his name. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Her teeth were bared, her eyes shone like fire, and her long hair streamed out behind her like a comet’s tail. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z About three or four of these a year, known as long-period comets, pass through the inner solar system. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He recognized his old desperation coming around, a personal comet. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Petaled stars and dandelion comets streak the green universe. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They must, because comets come into existence and disappear, while the heavens continue the same for ever. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Next moment, what seemed to be a great green-and-gold comet came zooming into the stadium. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A fiery golden comet crossed her path ... maybe her brother Apollo. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The comet mocks my hopes, she thought, lifting her eyes to where it scored the sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rockets shooting, fireballs bursting, comets shrieking, sparks sizzling. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Most astronomers, according to Curtis Peebles, expected little, particularly as the comet was not a coherent sphere but a string of twenty-one fragments. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Gaia had been separated from her source of power, charmed to sleep and then atomized in the combined explosion of Leo’s fire and Octavian’s man-made comet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That night she lay upon her thin blanket on the hard ground, staring up at the great red comet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The ruby at Melisandre's throat caught the light as she turned her head, and for an instant it seemed to glow bright as the comet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her people had followed her across the red waste as she chased her comet, and would follow her across the poison water too, but they would not be enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Blue lights were streaking across the evening sky toward Olympus like tiny comets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The leading astronomers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were fascinated by comets, and even Newton became a little giddy over them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z God will figure it out and nudge Halley’s comet...or the nagual...or whatever it is back on track. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The new star of 1572 was followed by the comet of 1577, and here again parallax measurement placed the comet beyond the moon. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Yet when he closed his eyes, he could still see the light of the comet, red and fiery and vividly alive amidst the darkness of his dreams. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Proper naked-eye observations of novae and comets could produce results incompatible with celestial-sphere astronomy, but these results were irrelevant to planetary predictions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Whenever a new comet was discovered, it gave additional support to Newton’s calculations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z After much thought, the Alvarezes concluded that the most plausible explanation–plausible to them, at any rate–was that the Earth had been struck by an asteroid or comet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It is a remarkable thought that that distant tiny twinkle has enough gravity to hold all these comets in orbit. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Where a nova could possibly be regarded as a miracle, a comet was too commonplace an occurrence to be handled in this way, so if comets were supralunary phenomena, Aristotle was wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Kuiper belt is the source of what are known as short-period comets–those that come past pretty regularly–of which the most famous is Halley’s comet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For Dora Root life with John had been like living upon a comet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Some medieval depictions of comets resemble unidentified flying crucifixes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Such diamonds are already known to exist in meteorites that have survived impact, and that may originate ultimately from comets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the solar system is all explored, we will probably have evidence for impact catastrophism on all nine worlds, from Mercury to Pluto, and on all the smaller moons, comets and asteroids. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I look up at the comet and wince. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As if to prove his point, headlines flared in 2007 when a twenty-six-person scientific team led by the oceanographer James Kennett proposed that a comet three miles in diameter struck Canada eleven thousand years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He wasn’t like Frankie, who crackled with excited energy and thundered by like a comet in whose blaze I could only follow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z So I told him that he was probably looking at a comet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe my tortoise will somehow survive the comet’s hit deep within his burrow, and live out his life without me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The first star was a comet, burning red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A three-mile comet!—it was exactly the sort of extravagant notion that the whitecoats sought to consign to the historical dustbin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The glowing iron streaked in front of my face like a comet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There are twelve elements named after people, and plenty of stars, comets and asteroids—but no planets or planetary moons. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All the onagers fired at once, and six golden comets billowed into the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z For example, all the water in the atmosphere of Mars today could be accounted for by a recent impact of a small comet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is my comet, Theon told himself, sliding a hand into his fur-lined cloak to touch the oilskin pouch snug in its pocket. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Yoren had made her look away when it happened, yet it seemed to her that the comet looked like Ice must have, after. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It is the comets—especially the long-period comets—that have dramatically elliptical orbits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And often sound does not quite become a word but suffocates or floats away over me half finished; an arch, a pathway, a comet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The bigger asteroidal pieces, along with the comets, are mainly responsible for the recent craters on planetary surfaces. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Since it must, they thought, presage the fall of some kingdom, the comet encouraged, in some sense precipitated, the invasion of England by William the Conqueror. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And, unlike a comet, the new star stood still, which made it much easier to measure its parallax. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z According to Aristotle, comets exist in the upper atmosphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They had not predicted the comet, and they had not explained it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Catelyn raised her eyes, to where the faint red line of the comet traced a path across the deep blue sky like a long scratch across the face of god. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We have already had a few of these, sweeping across the field of human thought periodically, like comets. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It all started about the time a tough young New Orleans comet man named Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong climbed off a train in New York wearing clodhopper policemen’s shoes, and started playing with Fletcher Henderson. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dothraki began to mutter fearfully that the comet had led them to some hell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was a long pause, followed by the query: “Wash’a comet?” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sooner or later comets will collide with planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a comet it bursts into a streamer of smoke and falls headlong. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the cases of the nova of 1572 and the comet of 1577 the data necessitated the phenomenon, and the phenomenon falsified the established theory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the Sun. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z From time to time some of these lonely comets are nudged out of their normal orbit by some slight gravitational perturbation–a passing star perhaps. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The actual impact of a small comet or asteroid with the Moon might make a momentary explosion sufficiently bright to be visible from the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows that the rainbow is produced by refracted light and that comets have no significance for our lives on earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Great Comet of 1466—yet another return of Hailey’s Comet— panicked Christian Europe; the Christians feared that God, who sends comets, might be on the side of the Turks, who had just captured Constantinople. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It did one circuit of the stadium, then split into two smaller comets, each hurtling toward the goalposts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z From this vantage, the distant castle on Aegon's High Hill was directly behind him, with the comet hanging forebodingly over its tow-ers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “A comet,” I replied, “is a snowball one mile across.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For three or four minutes I had a name, and the duties and joys and frustrations a man carries with him like a comet’s tail. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z First she dragged George to the first class library so she could check out a book on Halley's comet. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Just before Jason blacked out, the comet intercepted the ball of fire above them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He jabbed his bony finger back at comet and castle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The stars you see at night, the planets, all the comets and the shooting stars, these are the sparks that flew from the fires of Muspell. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The musket ball streaked out of the barrel like a comet, trailing flames and smoke. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Several other, fainter, comets were studied in the same way over the next few years, confirming his conclusions. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Then, in the corner of Jason’s eye, a blazing comet streaked upward from the ground with a high-pitched, almost human scream. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Never mind about comets, it's maps the Old Bear wants." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The comet led me to Qarth for a reason. I had hoped to find my army here, but it seems that will not be. What else remains, I ask myself?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In my final year at Healdtown, an event occurred that for me was like a comet streaking across the night sky. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was in first grade, a boy in my class punched me in the face one day, his fist coming like a comet, full force and out of nowhere. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z ‘This is not just a superstition or a myth,” he said, and then cited evidence from astronomers that at that time in history there was a comet that followed the path outlined in the Bible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Black, white, or whatever, they were the menaces of nature; they were the fire, the comet, the storm, which could—with no justification—shatter my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A similar argument applies for every planet and asteroid and comet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "The comet's so bright you can see it by day now," Sam said, shading his eyes with a fistful of books. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a promise, and they trailed fire like a comet as they made it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The greater likelihood, however, is that we wouldn’t see any object–even a comet–until it was about six months away, which would be much too late. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The comet was duly noted in a newspaper of the time, the Bayeux Tapestry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the end, even with the comet coming, everyone had been out for themselves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The maester was peering through his big Myrish lens tube, measuring shadows and noting file position of the comet that hung low in the morning sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was like a fast-moving comet, someone who was clearly going places. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Modern planetary scientists sometimes argue that the collision of a comet with a planet might make a significant contribution to the planetary atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So the idea arose that comets were harbingers of disaster, auguries of divine wrath—that they foretold the deaths of princes, the fall of kingdoms. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He cupped his hands around his mouth and lifted his head to the comet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Earth and its companion the Moon must be bombarded by comets and small asteroids, debris left over from the formation of the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a few astronomers, notably Gerard Kuiper, the Dutch-born astronomer for whom the Kuiper belt of comets is named, took any interest in the solar system at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "In Riverrun, they would tell you different. They say the red comet is a herald of a new age. A messenger from the gods." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Matter blown outward from the Sun’s atmosphere, the solar wind, carries fragments of dust and ice back behind the comet, making an incipient tail. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning of King Joffrey's name day dawned bright and windy, with the long tail of the great comet visible through the high scuttling clouds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The comet duly arrived and was named for him posthumously. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hear that excitement is the master of the hour, that you fling yourself through these dominions like a comet across the firmament. What’s the word, good Bod?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I dove aside as the fiery bronze comet sailed past my shoulder. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Bob stumbled, the wispy comet tail of his life force growing longer as it was sucked toward the face of the god. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But others countered that if comets were the smoke of sin, the skies would be continually ablaze with them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet . . old as he was, Cressen had never seen a comet half so bright, nor yet that color, that terrible color, the color of blood and flame and sunsets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But he had certainly corresponded with Newton about the comet, and may have met him in 1682, so it is natural that he should have taken an opportunity to visit Cambridge when it arose. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z All we need do is procure a sample of, say, Phobos or a comet and examine its magnesium isotopes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If a comet or an asteroid dropped into the atmosphere of Jupiter, we would not expect a visible crater, only a momentary break in the clouds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A fairly typical comet would look like a giant tumbling snowball about 1 kilometer across. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Wolves often howl at the moon. These are howling at the comet. See how bright it is, Bran? Perchance they think it is. the moon." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He proposed that an object of planetary mass, which he called a comet, was somehow generated in the Jupiter system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The augur’s scream faded until he was simply part of the fiery comet soaring skyward. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It might be a lesser object, such as a comet. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It’s not a very strong bond, so the comets drift in a stately manner, moving at only about 220 miles an hour. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He’s as fast as I am, fast like we could run down jumbo jets, comets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Maman said that we are made of stardust, of the Goddess of Beauty herself, and to envision the arcana like a comet zipping through us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The bright lights from the cars sped past like comets. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The Babylonians thought that comets were celestial beards. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At night they camped beneath a starry sky and gazed up at the comet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In Ptolemy’s time comets were elaborately classified as “beams,” “trumpets,” “jars” and so on, according to their shapes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If Jupiter were a meter across, our comet would be smaller than a speck of dust, but when fully developed, its tail would be as great as the distances between the worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If a solar flare hadn’t shifted the comet off course a week earlier, we’d be watching Fire Snake harmlessly pass Earth in a few days like it had since the beginning of time. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It also ensured that Brahe’s new system was quickly known throughout Europe, so that his arguments could be tested against the nova of 1604 and the comets of 1618. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "A thousand years ago we knew, and have been waiting all this time. We sent the comet to show you the way." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There seems to be only one explanation consistent with all the facts: In 1908 a piece of a comet hit the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Columbus was not ‘responsible’ for the existence of America, nor Galileo for the moons of Jupiter, nor Hailey for the return of Hailey’s comet, although certainly the credit for these discoveries belongs to them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But his heart sank as the comet kept gaining altitude. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the winter of 1680/81, a bright comet became visible. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The planets are the old-timers in the inner solar system; the comets are the newcomers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I searched the skies for flaming comets, for that was how I pictured a cannonball would look. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as we know, no one had actually tried to measure the parallax of a comet before 1471; it had simply been assumed that the Aristotelian theory was obviously correct. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It feels like two comets have just collided headfirst into each other, and the aftershock of two hundred earthquakes rolls through my chest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “It could be amazing, you know,” he replied, and there was that sparkle in the old man’s eye that was as rare as a comet but just as dazzling. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z You did not light me: I was always a mad comet; but you have fixed me. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In the sky behind the castle, the fine red tail of the comet was visible through thin, scuttling clouds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Kepler described comets as darting through space “as the fishes in the sea,” but being dissipated by sunlight, as the cometary tail always points away from the sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not rogue comets, not black holes, not the heat death of the universe. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is my comet, he thought drowsily at the last, just before sleep took him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, on this occasion Galileo’s explanation of comets was also wrong, and there is no point in relating the details of the argument here. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z However, towards the end of this period, comets entered Halley’s life for the first time, although at first only in a minor way. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Old comets, heated by repeated passages near the Sun, break up, evaporate and disintegrate. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be few recognizable pieces of the comet left—perhaps only a smattering of small grains from the non-icy parts of the cometary nucleus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The comet and its tail approaches slowly among the stars and the people standing around the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But he is a good watch dog—has a roar like a lion, designed to conceal from night-wandering strangers the fact that he couldn’t bite his way out of a comet de papier. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They are comets and meteors burning past her little capsule; they scorch up her very skin as she tries to sleep. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It expresses, in calm, painfully beautiful tones, Tolstoy’s epiphany for his noble, awkward Pierre: a moment of grace, hard won and treasured, at seeing a comet streaking across the sky. Ars Nova’s Brilliant Career 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Father’s Day lands on the calendar like a comet, trailing T-bone steaks and beer in its fiery wake. My dad puts turmeric in his risotto — and now I do too 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s certainly unbelievable, but so is a comet destroying the world. You, Me and the Apocalypse: the end of the world is funnier than you'd think 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The saxophonist Pharoah Sanders looks rock-solid onstage in New York while another musician, Sun Ra, is clearly an E.T. about to lift off, his sparkling gold scarf streaming like a comet tail behind him. Ming Smith’s Poetic Blur 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Sixteen years later Mitchell became the first person to sight a new comet passing through our solar system. Maria Popova Weaves Together Stories of Human Ingenuity 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z There was that red comet in the sky, and her entirely destroyed khalasar around her, and her sacrificed unborn child and dead husband, too. “Game Of Thrones” recap: Nobody puts Dany in a corner 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z George Dawes Green is one of those authors, a periodic comet. In ‘The Kingdoms of Savannah,’ Oddballs Circle Around a Murder Mystery 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Every episode starts in a bunker where 15 people are bracing for the comet strike and each week we learn the identity of one more of the survivors. You, Me and the Apocalypse: the end of the world is funnier than you'd think 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The solar system’s orbit through the Milky Way allowed this disc to trigger comet strikes every 30-35 million years — which coincides with periodic waves of extinctions on earth. What really wiped out the dinosaurs: “It’s only when you have large aggregations of dark matter that it can have this enormous effect” 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z It laced its gumshoe story with sizzling chemistry, beginning a formula that would return to Hollywood every few decades like a comet propelled by pheromones. The sag of the erotic thriller: can film ever take sex seriously again? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z A comet measuring eight miles across is going to collide with Earth in 34 days and kill us all, which, I assume, will deal yet another setback to the traditional television industry. ‘You, Me and the Apocalypse’ won’t save network TV from impending doom, but . . . 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z In the center is a galactic-looking chandelier that plays the role of the great comet of 1812, which Pierre watches, awestruck, as it hurtles “with inexpressible speed through immeasurable space.” The Musical Eccentric Who Turned Tolstoy’s Pierre Into Every Seeker 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z In “Don’t Look Up,” most people don’t snap out of their daze until the comet is finally in physical view. Can Works Like ‘Don’t Look Up’ Get Us Out of Our Heads? 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z They try to alert the world to an approaching comet. Winter Movies 2021: Here’s What’s Coming Soon to Streaming and Theaters 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “The comet’s also higher up at this point,” Chavkin pointed out. The Musical Eccentric Who Turned Tolstoy’s Pierre Into Every Seeker 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Who would you turn to if you learned a comet was on a collision course with Earth and decisive action was required to prevent the extinction of all life on this planet? Meryl Streep for President 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Tonight stargazers will witness a never before seen meteor shower named Camelopardalid, when Earth passes through the debris of comet 209P/Linear. Tonight’s spectacular new meteor shower can be seen and heard: Here’s how 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z He placed his elegant hand on my shoulder and said, kindly, “Hey, sad kid, it’s OK, don’t feel this way, you are a beautiful comet in the infinite universe.” David Bowie changed me more than he changed you 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Jackson’s host allows announcer Don Pardo to pose questions to contestants such as, “When is the next reappearance of Haley’s comet scheduled?” only to cut them off before they answer. How can "Saturday Night Live" parody a farcical administration? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Remember, I just came off tour with Aerosmith, so it’s like I live on the tail of a comet. Arts & Leisure Preview: Steven Tyler Escapes From Idolatry 2011-02-09T16:50:05Z A Smooth, ‘Big Girl’ Recital The mezzo-soprano Susan Graham’s Carnegie Hall recitals arrive like comets: lovely and rare. Music Review: Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-02T23:20:09Z It turned out to be what we now know as Halley’s comet. Literary treasures from Corpus Christi College at Oxford arrive in Washington 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Naysayers, meanwhile, said the comet allegory was lost on those who took it literally, and questioned why Mr. McKay hadn’t been more straightforward about global warming. Don’t Just Watch: Team Behind ‘Don’t Look Up’ Urges Climate Action 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z What’s more, the students might have had their astrological bearings shaken in the weeks before when two comets crossed their skies trailing opposite omens. Music Review: Juilliard415 Plays ?Fairy Queen? and ?F?tes d?H?b?? 2012-01-31T23:26:55Z At other moments moons, comets and volcanoes burst forth, but unconnected to familiar surroundings, they seem alien. Exhibition Review | 'Ouroboros: The History of the Universe': Ouroboros: At Ise Foundation, a 3-D CoTrip 2010-03-26T23:11:00Z Last season’s new musicals, on the other hand, never packaged the star — not even “Hamilton,” which turned into a box office comet only once it became clear how good the thing was. Cast changes in ‘Hamilton’ aren’t like breaking up the band 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Since comets are made of space’s most primitive materials, scientists hope that the probe will collect valuable information that could help explain the origins of our solar system. Here are 5 Things to be Thankful For This Dismal November 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z “This group of capable and motivated people are responsible for a surprising number of comet and asteroid discoveries.” At the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve, socially distanced stargazing 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The sun is a little less bright, the night sky a bit less starry now that the white-hot comet of Robin Williams, who trailed so much pure joy in his wake, is gone. Robin Williams seized the day in every role 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Nighttime is his specialty: lighting storms, passing comets and city lights. This is what your photo stream looks like when you're a NASA astronaut 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z In the sci-fi themed clip, a comet is on collision course for the earth and news reports are describing the imminent impact as “catastrophic.” Watch Ariana Grande's 'One Last Time' Video 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z A National Book Award finalist, this blazing coming-of-age comet will have everybody looking up. Young Adult Debuts 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z It is composed of the stars, planets and comets making up the visible galaxies; there is also much that’s invisible – black holes and the much more abundant ‘dark matter’ and ‘dark energy’. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z This kind of frustration was both spirit and subject of the regrettable parable “Don’t Look Up,” in which astronomers’ warnings about an approaching comet were swallowed in the black hole of 24-hour media. ‘Extrapolations’ and the Peril of Climate Cringe 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z For one making his dual debut while still a third-year student at Yale School of Drama, it’s like commuting into Manhattan on a comet. A Playwright Who Won’t Let Anyone Off the Hook 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “I pass with yonder comet free, / Pass with the comet into space,” he wrote, months before Mitchell’s discovery. Maria Popova Weaves Together Stories of Human Ingenuity 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The comet that augurs disaster in “L’État de siège” might bring to mind a certain momentous election result in which everything suddenly changed. Tyranny and resistance: Albert Camus' 1948 drama 'L’État de siège' carries new relevance 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Brown has filled her bedroom walls and cellphone background with images of outer space: the Milky Way, comets and a galaxy shaped like the human heart. ‘I would pay $50 for a 2-minute hug’: True stories of sex starvation during self-quarantine 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z “It’s a comet-like thing. You might only meet those people once every … how often do comets circle?” With ‘Letters From Max’ Onstage, Sarah Ruhl Again Mourns a Poet’s Death 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z A poetic comet streaked across American skies in the winter of 1950. A Dylan Thomas Centennial in New York 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z But this time around, Swift is sprinkling her comet dust on a very different topography. Taylor Swift's 'Lover' album review: The pop star keeps getting older without growing up - The Washington Post 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The comet turns out not to be an extinction event but a portal to the Winter Olympics. The rise and fall of Bing Dwen Dwen, Beijing's insidious Olympics mascot 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Williams’s has been a bright comet of a career, one that is blazing hot this year. ‘Daily Show’s’ Jessica Williams says it’s a ‘good time to be a person of color’ 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Great Wotans do not come along often: Wagnerites, among the most obsessive of opera buffs, await their appearances much as astronomers look forward to rare comets, or baseball fans long for record-breaking home-run sluggers. Michael Volle’s Opera Profile Is Rising 2014-03-26T14:04:25Z Pierre sings of having made a connection with someone he admires—and, having done so, feels inspired, not scared, when the comet appears. Ars Nova’s Brilliant Career 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Bash industries tries to break apart the comet so they can greedily mine the billions of dollars of rare minerals it contains, and his unholy alliance with President Orlean is used as a campaign stunt. "Don't Look Up," sheeple! Adam McKay's comedy about a comet that will destroy Earth, fails to hit 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z For one thing, humans didn’t make the comet. Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Well, that comet became a movie star named Mark Franco, and he’s just gotten in touch for the first time and flown Luke out to stay with him. Newly Released Books 2011-03-16T21:19:35Z Her appearance had the air of a comet’s return: rare, breathlessly awaited and well worth camping out all night. Joni Mitchell Finally Returned. Her Fans Were Waiting. 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z In August, the earth made its annual pass through the dust and debris of that ancient comet. The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z In “Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds,” Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer ponder the mythic, spiritual gravitational pull of meteors and comets on humanity — and on Herzog, himself. New this week: ‘I Am Greta,’ Chris Stapleton & CMA Awards 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z For years at Nasa, for instance, scientists have used aerogel, called “frozen smoke”, to collect comet dust. A guide to a hopeful 2016: a Guardian list of things to look forward to 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z But the greatest liberty “Don’t Look Up” takes with its source material comes at the end: The comet hits Earth at its appointed time, at which point nearly everybody dies. Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z But given that some of his styles resemble continuous figure eights or French-curved volutes or musical notes or stars with comet trails or Celtic knots or all-over mazes, this seems close to impossible. The Gimlet Eye: Haircuts From the 1980s Are Back 2010-06-17T01:39:00Z Then again, the red comet substituted as a unifying device, and maybe a better one for the screen. Game of Thrones Watch: Dark, and Full of Terrors 2012-04-02T11:06:12Z Rather than directly confronting the existential horror of our environmental catastrophe, McKay has taken an allegorical approach in “Don’t Look Up” with a world-destroying comet. ‘Don’t Look Up’ Review: Tick, Tick, Kablooey 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Those showers were caused by comets, not asteroids. Moon will outshine Geminids meteor shower 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z This theme of manxiety comes around in our culture like Halley's comet. High Manxiety 2011-05-26T07:10:00Z Also videos, images and lots of info on planets and asteroids and comets. Best apps: our experts pick 50 of the most dazzling, useful and novel 2010-12-26T00:04:04Z Some plead: Just hit us with the comet already. Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Fireworks pop and comets streak across video screens. Can the Circus Go On Without Elephants? Ringling Bets It Can 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Was it an exploding comet, a change in climate, or overhunting by humans? A Fossil Museum Uses the Past to Reimagine Climate’s Future 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z When Fry skips across the comet in a spacesuit, the shot tracks from right to left, the better to showcase the comet's elaborate surface, which looks like a real-world miniature rather than a drawn backdrop. The "Reincarnation" of "Futurama" 2011-09-07T20:01:00Z It was in 1932 that Coco Chanel first came up with the idea of comets, diamonds bursting into star trails of stars. Bedazzled at the Place Vendôme 2012-07-09T12:37:02Z Although Lina famously discovered eight comets on her own, her years as a “great comet huntress” slip by in a paragraph. ‘The Stargazer’s Sister’ review: What could a woman find in the sky? 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The other night, Eklöf took his teenage daughter outside to watch a comet streak across the heavens. A Manifesto for Loving the Darkness, and Not Metaphorically 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z But as the number swells, the stars and comets start dancing like chaser lights on a casino sign. Review | The whiz-bang ‘Aladdin’ at the Kennedy Center still has problems to solve 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z She also pounded and sieved manure to create the mold for a telescope’s mirror, and calculated the locations of 2,510 nebulae, while also discovering eight comets. Maria Popova Weaves Together Stories of Human Ingenuity 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z "He's seen Halley's comet three times," said someone else. Beautiful Minds and Celebrity Roast 2010-04-07T23:05:00Z The images of nebulae, comets and star clusters are enclosed in circles or ovals, evoking not only the lens of the telescope but also more inward views: ova, or perhaps Petri dishes. Before 'Hidden Figures,' there were the Harvard Computers. Now their work has inspired this art 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z What happened was no more predictable than Halley’s comet. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Hi, 2016 Trump voters. We have to talk. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Year that two visible comets over Europe caused Sir Isaac Newton to write to the royal astronomer in a letter included in the exhibition. Literary treasures from Corpus Christi College at Oxford arrive in Washington 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z There is even a character who's obsessed with measuring the comet and figuring it out scientifically, like the character Kiefer Sutherland plays in your movie. Lars von Trier: "I don't want to be an adult" 2011-05-21T18:22:00Z More important, Mr Leavers adds, is the group’s goal: like a comet it “travels through distant galaxies exploring musical concepts”. Playing outside the box 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Art, like comets, means different things at different times in different places: I think of wrecked benches on sink estates, and a boy in an urban wilderness keeping the fire burning. British Art Show 7: have I got spews for you 2010-10-25T20:30:00Z Or what if our solar system slams at high speeds into a dense molecular cloud, sending a million comets falling our way? How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Caroline Herschel discovered more than a dozen comets and was awarded an astronomical medal at the age of 95. What have Ada Lovelace, Caroline Herschel, Rosalind Franklin and Mary Somerville got in common? 2013-03-07T11:00:00Z So the comet would be already going through the solar system, but it’s this dark-matter disc that would send it our way … What really wiped out the dinosaurs: “It’s only when you have large aggregations of dark matter that it can have this enormous effect” 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z The 1990s was full of examples—think Harrison Ford battling Russian terrorists in Air Force One or Morgan Freeman preparing for a comet colliding with Earth in Deep Impact. Here Are 17 of the Best Fictional Presidents 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z To Catch a Comet This new special documents the comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta and the successful effort to put a lander on a comet. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Black-ish' on ABC 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Nights, comets and stars crash and sputter in plain view above the suddenly cold earth. T Magazine: Baja Fresh 2012-11-15T20:00:49Z Some love – and some bands – burn brightly and hot, and burn themselves out like a comet. "Daisy Jones & The Six" and the appeal of the band that breaks their own hearts 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z "Deep Impact" - A comet is on its way to destroy Earth, and 800,000 people are randomly selected to keep the human race alive. Similar movies, same time: A look at how they did 2011-08-15T14:41:08Z Like two mad pilot fish, or comets perhaps. Gabriel Orozco: Permanent playtime 2011-01-24T21:29:00Z An extinction-level event is the focus of this sci-fi disaster film, which tells the story of how various groups of people deal with a giant comet about to hit Earth. Cinematic Visions of the Apocalypse 2011-11-11T12:00:23Z That leaves comets, myriad and unfeasible to spot in the distant Oort Cloud, till some minor perturbation drops one toward us. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z The next year that Halley’s comet will be visible. Literary treasures from Corpus Christi College at Oxford arrive in Washington 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z By the time we get to last year’s “Don’t Look Up,” about an Earth-destroying comet, you can’t even get people to listen to reason. A Movie House Divided 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z It consists of old oversized restaurant menus embroidered in marine-blue colors and festooned with glittering cloth leaves, flowers and golden comets. Two fine shows at Northwest African American Museum 2013-01-03T22:17:00Z A tricky little doppelgänger-centered thriller about a group of friends at a dinner party who, on the night a comet streaks by, discover something strange going on in their neighborhood. Movies 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z She leaps into history for one short campaign, blazing like a comet across the sky with her enduring cry of 'Death before slavery!' before falling into oblivion. Gallery: International Women's Day: 3000 years of warrior women 2011-03-08T15:11:18Z So quantum physics — quite unlike any other realm of science — has acquired its own metaphysics, a shadow discipline tagging along like the tail of a comet. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The pop in the picture: peppercorns in a comet of blueberry sauce on the plate. Review | A Potomac view meets polished cooking at Ada’s on the River in Alexandria 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z When disaster falls from the sky there’s a tendency and a desire to claim ownership over that comet and the suffering it causes — if, and usually only if, it touches white lives. Weaponized white feminism in "The Handmaid's Tale" and "When They See Us" 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Take the case of scientist Matt Taylor, whose team of incredible scientists landed a rocket on a moving comet—a serious technological achievement. Internet Mob Justice Isn't Justice At All 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Though heavy with metaphors — most important, the comet signifying climate change — its message is clear and not open to interpretation: Wake up! Can Works Like ‘Don’t Look Up’ Get Us Out of Our Heads? 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Two astronomers discover a comet headed straight for Earth. At the Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Glamour, Griping and Gluten-Free Meals 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z From creating the helicopter of the future to painting a comet, there are plenty of chances to show the world your talents. Four great contests for kids 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z The bear is then sucked into the vortex of the iridescent comet. The rise and fall of Bing Dwen Dwen, Beijing's insidious Olympics mascot 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Yet it seemed frustrating that in the urge to codify brand Chanel, there was no hint of the visionary modernity of Coco’s early comet designs nor of the recent lion symbolism. The Year of the Snake in a Bejeweled Garden 2013-01-28T13:56:12Z Long before newspapers, people lapped up stories of marvellous births, comets, and freak weather. A sea of red that evokes thoughts of more than just algae 2012-11-30T13:20:02Z Pre-teen birthday partygoers shared space with older funky characters in technicolor outfits, who weaved backwards between them like comets, their legs scissoring, their arms waving to the beat. Jackson Heights, Roller Skates 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z A comet hurtles towards earth while an oblivious panda grasps at a stalk of bamboo. The rise and fall of Bing Dwen Dwen, Beijing's insidious Olympics mascot 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z One joke I’ll give away is that they’re passing a funding bill to create the ships to send up to deflect the comet. Q&A: Adam McKay on the lessons of the 2000 recount 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Inside a small room, a black-and-white photograph of a comet shooting through the night sky is propped up on astronomy books stacked on the floor. 'Helen Lundeberg: A Retrospective' downplays the painter's key early works 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z He had, after all, the Pope and Halley's comet – a portent of great change to medieval folk. Last night's TV 2010-08-05T07:00:00Z An Everest-size comet is hurtling toward Earth, and in exactly six months and 14 days, the planet will be shattered to pieces, leaving every living creature to perish in a cataclysm of fire and flood. Can Works Like ‘Don’t Look Up’ Get Us Out of Our Heads? 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Earth also crosses the orbital path of Halley’s comet near the other end of the year, giving rise to the Orionid meteor shower, usually viewed best in the predawn hours on or near Oct. It’s Star Wars Day, and a meteor shower is on its way to Seattle-area skies 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z At midnight, we found a cozy spot by the Charles River and gazed upward, watching for the stray dust of an ancient comet. The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The finale is also gorgeous, but not as gorgeous as when enhanced by the arrival, in the theater, of a “real” comet. Listening to the Best (and Worst) of Broadway 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z The internet basically ignored how awesome and amazing the comet landing was, choosing instead to froth at the mouth about how awful Matt Taylor was as a human being. Internet Mob Justice Isn't Justice At All 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z In the Hollywood hierarchy of stardom, Cantinflas, the beloved Mexican comic actor, was like a streaking comet — white-hot and short-lived. 'Cantinflas' is buoyed by Oscar Jaenada, hampered by Hollywood 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z They blazed across the stage like a comet, and their impact continues. A rhythm travels from black sororities to a Paris runway — and now to Seventh Avenue The writer Geoff Dyer declared it “so luminously original in style and form as to seem like a premonition, a comet from the future.” Ben Lerner Imagines ‘Different Futures’ in His Novel ‘10:04’ 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z She’s a comet: no wonder she lights up the mind of the poor befuddled Don so that he envisages her as his Dulcinea. Dance Review: Natalia Osipova Takes Don Quixote Airborne 2010-06-04T22:24:00Z Later levels significantly raise the challenge, with "prankster comets" transforming sedately paced galaxies into ferocious timed trials. Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Rather, it was imported aboard incoming meteorites, comets or asteroids. Prometheus 101: The Science Behind Ridley Scott's Vision of Aliens Populating Earth 2012-06-11T10:00:32Z Its new designation was recognized by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., which studies and names minor planets, asteroids, comets and moons in the solar system. Freddie Mercury Now Races Around the Sun 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z His second was about a comet destroying Earth. In ‘The One-Eyed Man,’ Ron Currie has created a character for our times 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z After all this good stuff, there's what I call the comet trail: the subsequent hours-long, bitty, unsatisfying sessions of utter timewasting. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z One such piece is the comet necklace she created in 1932, which today, 80 years later, is the anchor for Chanel's newest "bijoux de diamantes" collection. | Chanel's Lion Constellation Brooch 2012-10-09T19:25:07Z Is there something in the air, besides a fearsome comet? Here’s How Each Best-Picture Nominee Could Win an Oscar 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Tom Hill’s exuberant paintings and Liza Linder’s intricate mosaics feature curving forms that might be cells or suns, roots or comets. Review | In the galleries: Trevor Young illuminates buildings, both grand and modest 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z I was wary of “God” in the title, paranoid of being swept into some Heaven’s Gate cult where I’d await my soul’s departure on a spacecraft trailing the Hale Bopp comet. How I ended up in a pyramid scheme 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z Donna felt to me like a comet in the universe that came around and burned brightly and was reliable every time. Donna Summer remembered by Nile Rodgers 2012-12-22T23:00:01Z At one point, museumgoers are taken along a journey from the perspective of a comet. Exploring the Solar System Anew at the Hayden Planetarium 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z He even offered a supplement with ingredients found only in “comets” and “trace amounts in blueberries.” John Oliver Goes to War with Alex Jones on 'Last Week Tonight' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z A single black Hyundai streaks through, trailing sand like a comet. Saudi Women’s Driving School: behind an inspiring, frustrating documentary 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z And, oh, the constant catastrophes: gales and avalanches, comets and Martians, jungle infestations and premature winters. Dreamy Collections of Little Nemo and Moomin 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z When SoloHI recorded these images, the comet was approximately between the Sun and the spacecraft, with its gas and dust tails pointing towards the spacecraft. Christmas comet burns brighter as it flies past Earth 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z She also did the mystical planet, or comet or whatever it is. Lars von Trier: "I don't want to be an adult" 2011-05-21T18:22:00Z You might want to look into landing on a comet, Julien Blanc. Pickup artist culture gets a blunt rejection 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z But hang around long enough and he'll be back – like that comet. British Art Show 7: have I got spews for you 2010-10-25T20:30:00Z When a comet passes near the earth’s atmosphere in the dour dystopian thriller “Only,” it first brings falling ash and then a virus that is usually fatal to women. ‘Only’ Review: A Desperate Dystopia Where Women Are Erased 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Though she is more than capable of tossing off playful comets of notes, and she agreeably sings quick, comic songs, it’s for her calm subtlety that she is most notable. Pretty Yende’s New York Recital Debut 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z An alien Britney falls to earth in a comet, but she spends the entire video inside of a metal room filled with wires, video feeds and Sony computers/televisions. Dissecting Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" 2011-02-18T16:45:00Z The horrifying scene where the Garritys and their neighborhood friends gather around the TV and watch a piece of the comet decimate Tampa confirms what we already feared: Clark kind of sucks. "Greenland" review: Gerard Butler stars in a disaster movie that’s better than 2020 deserves 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z This film rests on the fact that Mother Earth is always being called on by other worlds in the forms of comets, meteorites and asteroids — and it’s about as transportive as documentaries get. ‘Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds’ Review: It’s Raining Mysteries 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z MacArthur rode in silence from his cottage down to the dock, leaving a trail of dust like the tail of a comet. “Keep the flag flying”: Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s escape from the Philippines, 1942 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Like the sleeping Philae comet lander, the case may yet catch some sunlight and blip back to life. Dwight Garner Reviews the 'Serial' Season Finale 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z On this show there is a comet hurtling toward the Earth and it’s going to strike in 34 days. You, Me and the Apocalypse: the end of the world is funnier than you'd think 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z With a comet hurtling uncomfortably close to Earth, human life hangs in the balance. New & Noteworthy, From Russian Satire to the Comet Apocalypse 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z "Contagion" deals with a global pandemic, "Independence Day" has us tangling with laser-slinging aliens, "The Day After Tomorrow" sticks us in the deep-freeze of climate change, and "Deep Impact" sends comets rocketing our way. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' an apocalyptic tale as old as man's existence 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Cheesecake whipped up with ricotta is lighter and fluffier than you anticipate and benefits from a garnish of huckleberry jam and buttery tuiles that spring from the surface like comet tails. Review | At AhSo, a breakout chef takes his vision closer to home 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z I’ve come to think of “Evicted” as a comet book — the sort of thing that swings around only every so often, and is, for those who’ve experienced it, pretty much impossible to forget. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Camus, Ashbery, Bernhard… It's the familiar paradox whereby a genealogy powerfully suggests itself in a work so luminously original in style and form as to seem like a premonition, a comet from the future. Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner – review 2012-07-05T10:00:02Z In May 1998, viewers turned out for "Deep Impact," a movie about a comet threatening Earth. Why the world is ready for 2 'Snow Whites' 2011-08-15T18:34:53Z OK, so the world is ending -- comet, Hellmouth, robot invaders from the future, you name it. John Oliver gives us the doomsday video we've been waiting for 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z A recently discovered comet flew past Earth over the weekend and is now headed back into the solar system. Christmas comet burns brighter as it flies past Earth 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z The positive impressions are totally random, based on something so fleeting, instantly over, a comet that didn't even leave a hole. 'Plastic' Kate: Hilary Mantel exposes the image not the person 2013-02-19T18:40:08Z Identifying the comet in the verses was easy, said astronomer Don Olson, lead author of the article. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z A comet approaches, and night turns into morning, complete with achingly beautiful faux-birdsong, originally played both on flutes and primitive keyboards, and now reproduced by laptop. Kraftwerk – review 2013-02-10T00:06:14Z As Darling comets toward adulthood, her voice becomes more elastic and American. ‘We Need New Names’: harsh vision of the African Diaspora 2013-08-24T15:12:52Z A science-fiction drama, about a group of friends whose relationships are altered by a passing comet. Movies 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z FRI Centaurs are objects in the outer solar system including asteroids and comets, 8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The Moomins eventually absorbed most of Jansson’s artistic energy, as they faced comets, drank whiskey, lived in lighthouses, and took in easily frightened ghosts. The Unexpected Profundity of Curious George 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z The comet was discovered earlier this year by University of Arizona’s senior research specialist Gregory Leonard. Christmas comet burns brighter as it flies past Earth 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Among them was Guido Cantelli, 36, a “comet of a conductor,” as one critic called him, and the protégé of Arturo Toscanini. A Conductor’s Career, Cut Short, Still Blazes on Recordings 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z In 1985 it became the first spacecraft to fly past a comet. U-Md.-Goddard programs offer students out-of-this-world opportunities The rest are comets, a type of goldfish. Like it was ‘made in heaven’: a secret garden in the suburbs offers an Asian-style landscape Parker was inspired by Blake's poem America: A Prophecy, in which he wrote of "flam'd red meteors" and "terrible wandering comets". Art and science collide to reopen Whitworth gallery 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z If you miss it on Friday, the comet will be also visible through the weekend. Triple delight in the sky: Full 'snow moon,' eclipse and comet on Friday 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z With films about killer robots, killer comets and Peal Harbor, Bay's oeuvre may be full of violence, but they're also full of learning moments for the neurotically inclined. Michael Bay life lessons: Stress management 2011-07-13T19:14:00Z In another scene, “Hastings flicked his cigarette out the window, its golden ash pushing fire through a piece of night, a poor man’s comet, already extinguished.” The novel ‘Fever City’ puts a new twist on the Kennedy assassination 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z At slow enough speeds, the comet would crash on a planet's surface, delivering the intact molecules that researchers believe are the precursors for life. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Theories have long proposed that icy pebbles forming in the cold, outer regions of protoplanetary disks -- the same area where comets originate in our solar system -- should be the fundamental seeds of planet formation. New findings support long-proposed process of planet formation 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Its enormous gravitational field deflects comets and asteroids that might otherwise hit Earth, helping create a stable environment for life. Giant planets cast a deadly pall 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Between then and June 2, when the comet's orbit passes closest to earth, there will be a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. A mysterious "devil comet" that looks like the Millennium Falcon will pass by Earth next spring 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z We aren’t currently threatened by asteroids, comets or alien invasion; just by our own hubris. GOP finally picks a speaker: But the hellish chaos of D.C. won't end anytime soon 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z "It's possible that the molecules that led to life on Earth came from comets, so the same could be true for planets elsewhere in the galaxy." 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Additionally, infrared spectrum measurements hinted that the chemical makeup of the dust more closely matched a comet than a planet. Astronomers May Have Witnessed Worlds in Collision 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The shower originated in debris of Halley's comet, one of the most famous in history. Orionid meteor shower to light up the skies 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Though it's been nicknamed the "devil comet," there's no reason to fear Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks as it careens through space and nears a closer orbit of Earth. A mysterious "devil comet" that looks like the Millennium Falcon will pass by Earth next spring 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z It promises to add to the menagerie of asteroids and comets that humans have explored. NASA launches spacecraft to a mysterious metal-rich asteroid 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Most of the comets in our Solar System sit beyond the orbit of Neptune, in what is known as the Kuiper Belt. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Edgar Allan Poe, for example, wrote a short story about a comet passing close to Earth, extracting all the nitrogen from our atmosphere as it whooshed past. We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z As the comet passes around the Sun, tiny pieces fall off and form a trail of dust and ice debris. Orionid meteor shower to light up the skies 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z So mark your calendars: Next spring, a rare mix of conditions could allow us Earthlings to see the devil comet before it disappears from view for another 71 years. A mysterious "devil comet" that looks like the Millennium Falcon will pass by Earth next spring 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z We thought that a component of the dust ought to be the debris shed by comets, and a certain amount of it might be from asteroids. Meet the rock guitarist who helped NASA land on an asteroid 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Some of these comets make their way past the Asteroid Belt and into the inner Solar System. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Agriculture in Syria started with a bang 12,800 years ago as a fragmented comet slammed into the Earth's atmosphere. A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The comet only passes Earth every 75-76 years and the next sighting will not be until 2061, but the meteor shower is annual. Orionid meteor shower to light up the skies 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Two years later, a U.S. capsule with comet dust landed intact. NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Like streaking comets across the inky black sky, they’ve chanced into the gravitational pull of a brightly burning star and found themselves locked in her orbit. After starting UCLA’s cannabis club, she unexpectedly became a weed whisperer for Gen Z 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z For planets in orbit around lower-mass stars, such as M-dwarfs, it would be more difficult for complex molecules to be delivered by comets, especially if the planets are loosely packed. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z According to the researchers, it's evidence of a widespread simultaneous destructive event, consistent with a fragmented comet that slammed into the Earth's atmosphere. A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z She said the green comet’s path is close to the sun, making viewing difficult. A newly discovered green comet: When's the best time to see it in Southern California? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Astronomy aficionados are buzzing about a bright new comet. Don’t Miss Comet Nishimura This Weekend, a Once-in-a-Lifetime View 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Meteor showers, on the other hand, come from bits of rock shed from comets. The Science of Shooting Stars 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Now, researchers from the University of Cambridge have shown how comets could deposit similar building blocks to other planets in the galaxy. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z As the comet continued its sunward voyage and absorbed more energy from our star, its trailing tail of escaping gas and dust correspondingly grew. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The best chance to see the comet will be Saturday, Alarcon said. A newly discovered green comet: When's the best time to see it in Southern California? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Nishimura captured the comet on Aug. 12 while imaging the sky before sunrise with a digital camera — the third comet he has discovered. Don’t Miss Comet Nishimura This Weekend, a Once-in-a-Lifetime View 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The comet will brighten as it gets closer to the sun, but will drop lower in the sky, making it tricky to spot. Across the Northern Hemisphere, now’s the time to catch a new comet before it vanishes for 400 years 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z In order to deliver organic material, comets need to be travelling relatively slowly -- at speeds below 15 kilometres per second. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “But the comet is totally fine. When it enters a calmer environment, you will see the tail regrow.” Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z “The top of your fist is approximately the height of the comet.” A newly discovered green comet: When's the best time to see it in Southern California? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Scientists had previously searched for cosmic dust, which mainly come from comets and asteroids, in remote locations such as Antarctica or ocean floors. Canterbury: Scientists search cathedral roof for cosmic dust 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Although visible to the naked eye, the comet is extremely faint. Across the Northern Hemisphere, now’s the time to catch a new comet before it vanishes for 400 years 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z The most likely place where comets can travel at the right speed are 'peas in a pod' systems, where a group of planets orbit closely together. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z For one, scientists have realized that the comet might be connected to a small meteor shower called the Sigma-Hydrids, which occurs in mid-December. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Alarcon said the window to see the comet is from 6:58 p.m. to 7:56 p.m., with the comet scheduled to dip below the horizon shortly afterward. A newly discovered green comet: When's the best time to see it in Southern California? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Scientists are interested in pockets of ancient water ice because they could provide a record of lunar volcanoes, material that comets and asteroids delivered to Earth, and the origin of oceans. Why are space agencies racing to the moon's south pole? 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The comet will come closest to the sun — closer than Mercury is — on about Sept. 17 before departing the solar system. Across the Northern Hemisphere, now’s the time to catch a new comet before it vanishes for 400 years 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z In such a system, the comet could essentially be passed or 'bounced' from the orbit of one planet to another, slowing it down. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Most meteor showers are the result of Earth passing through the leftover debris shed by comets—that is, the scattered remnants of their previously ejected tails, which accumulate along a comet’s orbital trajectory. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, the comet was visible at sunrise. A newly discovered green comet: When's the best time to see it in Southern California? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z But the best time to view them is when Earth passes through the area with the densest comet dust. Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be In Full Glory On August 13 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z “The comet looks amazing right now, with a long, highly structured tail, a joy to image with a telescope,” he said. Across the Northern Hemisphere, now’s the time to catch a new comet before it vanishes for 400 years 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z "What kinds of comets, travelling at what kinds of speed, could deliver intact prebiotic molecules?" 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Astronomers hope that an uptick in Sigma-Hydrid activity this year, shortly after the comet’s apparition, could confirm it as the source of these meteors. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Alarcon said that the comet is made up of ice and rocks and that its body and tail are green because of the carbon interacting with the high temperature and ions from the sun. A newly discovered green comet: When's the best time to see it in Southern California? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z While often called "shooting stars," meteors are remains of cosmic dust and dirt shed by comets traveling through the area. Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be In Full Glory On August 13 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z If it survives its brush with the sun, the comet should be visible in the Southern Hemisphere by the end of September, Masi said, sitting low on the horizon in the evening twilight. Across the Northern Hemisphere, now’s the time to catch a new comet before it vanishes for 400 years 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Using a variety of mathematical modelling techniques, the researchers determined that it is possible for comets to deliver the precursor molecules for life, but only in certain scenarios. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The possible connection between the Sigma-Hydrids and Comet Nishimura also complicates scientists’ expectations about the comet’s history and, more broadly, about how comets interact with stars in general. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The comet was set to reach its closest point from Earth on Tuesday, coming within 78 million miles, and its nearest point to the sun on Monday, according to the Planetary Society. A newly discovered green comet: When's the best time to see it in Southern California? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The phenomenon brings up to dozens of meteors an hour, created when debris from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle collides with the Earth's atmosphere and burns up. Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Stargazers have been tracking the rare green comet ever since its discovery by an amateur Japanese astronomer in mid-August. Across the Northern Hemisphere, now’s the time to catch a new comet before it vanishes for 400 years 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z In such a system, a comet could be pulled in by the gravitational pull of one planet, then passed to another planet before impact. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Researchers initially presumed that this comet was on its first swing through the inner solar system and, because of its relatively small size, was doomed to evaporate away in the sun’s radiance. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z During the next few nights, you can witness countless pieces of a comet rain down on Earth. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z The Perseids come from comet Swift-Tuttle, a big ball of ice and rock that sheds pieces of dusty debris as it orbits around the sun. The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it’s even better this year 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z It’s unusual for an amateur to discover a comet these days, given all the professional sky surveys by powerful ground telescopes, Chodas said, adding, “this is his third find, so good for him.” Across the Northern Hemisphere, now’s the time to catch a new comet before it vanishes for 400 years 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z If this 'comet-passing' happened enough times, the comet would slow down enough so that some prebiotic molecules could survive atmospheric entry. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z But when astronomers found the comet lurking in archival images captured by telescopes earlier in the year, they had to reassess. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Meteors in showers are small bits of material shed by a comet, which is basically a collection of rocks and ice all smushed together like a dirty snowball. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Astronomers initially theorized that deuterium-rich water traveled to Earth on comets. Did Earth’s Water Come from Meteorites? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Somebody hit the warp speed button, judging from the icy wings astronomers have spotted surrounding an approaching comet. ‘Millennium Falcon’ Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z One long-standing theory is that they could have been delivered by comets. 'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Because of the comet’s vicinity to the sun, however, sky watchers will need to work hard to spot it—the comet will be visible close to the horizon around dawn or dusk. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z If the comet’s orbit intersects that of Earth, then our planet plows through this stream of material at the same time each year. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Because they exist in the solar system's cold outer reaches, comets are extremely icy; up to 80 percent of their mass may be water. Did Earth’s Water Come from Meteorites? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z On July 20 astronomers worldwide spotted its outburst when the comet brightened 100-fold, making it visible as a horseshoe-shaped aura in backyard telescopes. ‘Millennium Falcon’ Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z I went up to the hill and viewed it through some binoculars, and I knew there’d be other comets to see in her lifetime. Only 26 Black Women Have Ever Become Astrophysicists in the U.S. Here’s One’s Story 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z There are the familiar cultish features — multiple wives for the leader, an apocalyptic cosmology that has the elected riding a comet to “space paradise,” which echoes the famous Heaven’s Gate cult. 'Praise Petey' review: Annie Murphy is back in another odd little town 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Over time, the bits of rock sloughed off the comet drift away from its orbital path, so the meteors spread out in space. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z But in 2014 data from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission showed that many comets' isotopic ratio is way off—they have far more deuterium than terrestrial water does. Did Earth’s Water Come from Meteorites? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The outburst may result from a rare case of icy volcanism on a comet—uncorked by solar heating of volatile gases trapped under cometary crusts. ‘Millennium Falcon’ Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z I wrote about this moment when there was a comet that was passing by Earth, and it had a 7,000-year orbit, and it was only visible in the night sky at like 9 P.M. Only 26 Black Women Have Ever Become Astrophysicists in the U.S. Here’s One’s Story 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z It may be responsible for protecting the Earth from things like comets and asteroids that come our way. James Webb one year later: An astronomer discusses her favorite views of our universe 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Scientists and amateur astronomers are hot on the trail of what could be the next great comet. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Piani points out that roughly equal parts solar wind, comets, water bubbling up from the mantle and chondrites could be combined to match Earth's isotope balance. Did Earth’s Water Come from Meteorites? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Sunlight reflecting off the tossed-up material on the comet’s surface is what causes the brightening. ‘Millennium Falcon’ Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Phosphorus naturally occurs most often in solid minerals, such as those found inside asteroids and comets. A ‘Soda Ocean’ on a Moon of Saturn Has All the Ingredients for Life 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z That's the strongest thing that a comet sees falling into us, is Jupiter, which just sucks 'em up. James Webb one year later: An astronomer discusses her favorite views of our universe 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The most optimistic projections forecast that the newfound comet could exceed even these notable forebears by becoming as bright as Venus. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Natural occurrences like sunsets, earthquakes, comets, lighting, volcanoes, and many events for which we have ready scientific answers may have held supernatural significance for our Paleolithic ancestors. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Made of dust, rock and ice, comets are the frozen leftovers from the formation of our solar system. ‘Millennium Falcon’ Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Each group’s objects may be the remains of larger moons, up to 150 miles across, that once orbited Saturn but were destroyed by impacts from asteroids or comets, or collisions between two moons. Move Over Jupiter: Saturn Adds 62 More Moons to Its Count 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The dust belts around the young star are thought to be debris from collisions between larger bodies like asteroids and comets, and are therefore referred to as "debris disks." JWST Sees Alien Asteroid Belt around Nearby Star 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z But different comets are made of different mixes of ice, and sublimation can be a quirky process. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Aside from the occasional asteroid or comet impact, most larger objects stick to their orbital lanes. Webb Telescope Finds a Star Cloaked in 3 Rings of Ruined Worlds 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The comet’s outburst has tossed perhaps 10 billion kilograms of dust and ice into space, which is “fairly large,” says astronomer Carrie Holt of the University of Maryland. ‘Millennium Falcon’ Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z They appear to be a special class of object, different from asteroids that formed in the inner solar system and comets in the outer solar system. Move Over Jupiter: Saturn Adds 62 More Moons to Its Count 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z In about 300 years, they will pass through the Oort Cloud, a distant and sparse ring around the sun which astronomers believe is the origin of many comets in the solar system. These are the oldest space probes that are still operational 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z “All these moving parts contribute to the fact that comets are very difficult to predict,” Ye says. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z To the last point, that included conveying the astronaut's near weightlessness on the comet, and having the spacecraft itself tethered to the comet because of its low gravity. This 25-year-old sci-fi disaster movie is still lauded by scientists — here's why 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Right now the comet is still beyond the orbit of Mars. ‘Millennium Falcon’ Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z When King Charles III is crowned on Saturday, he will undergo a ritual so rare in modern British history that it last occurred 70 years ago, roughly the wait between sightings of Halley’s comet. Many in U.K. Greet King Charles’s Coronation With a ‘Take It or Leave It’ Shrug 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Comet Falls, so named because its plume resembles the tail of a streaking comet, has been noted to be between 390 and 460 feet tall. A Mount Rainier expert names his top 10 hikes around the mountain 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z If it has, it’s what scientists call a dynamically old comet—a hardened veteran of multiple close approaches to the sun that can reliably put on a show next year without falling apart. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z "The nuclear weapon splits the comet in two all right, but the smaller chunk lands in the Atlantic Ocean and raises a tsunami that devastates Manhattan." This 25-year-old sci-fi disaster movie is still lauded by scientists — here's why 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z After completing the task, the spacecraft is expected to continue its journey to explore a comet in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Zhang said. China plans to send probe to near-Earth asteroid around 2025 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The nights immediately before and after the shower’s peak are also good times to catch a few streaks across the sky originating from this comet. Watch the Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak During a New Moon 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z The pieces of space debris that interact with our atmosphere to form the meteors in the shower come from the comet Thatcher, discovered in 1861. Lyrid meteor shower, peaking Sunday night to Monday morning, could feature fireballs 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z If the comet is instead a first timer, its pristine ice might be fluffier and more fragile, making it more likely to disintegrate as it ventures deeper into the inner solar system. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Similarly, a comet as bright as the one shown in that scene would have been discovered by other astronomers long before Wood's precocious teenage character does so. This 25-year-old sci-fi disaster movie is still lauded by scientists — here's why 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z As with most meteor showers, this one is produced by the dust sputtered off a comet, and is best seen in the early morning hours when the Earth runs headlong into the meteoroid stream. April night sky boasts bright emerging star, Mercury and a meteor shower 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z You might expect to see a fiery comet streaking past, much like the one that wreaked such beautiful havoc in Shinkai’s 2016 smash hit, “Your Name.” Review: ‘Suzume,’ about a girl who falls for a chair, is worth the price of a seat 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Both worlds may have migrated early in their lives, which would have shifted their positions around the sun and sent barrages of water-rich comets cascading toward Earth and other inner planets. NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Determining whether a comet is dynamically old or new is tricky, however, requiring an extrapolation of the object’s orbit back in time. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z "There were images of half of Brooklyn standing on the shore watching the comet hit." This 25-year-old sci-fi disaster movie is still lauded by scientists — here's why 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, there were no observed signs of cometary activity — such as a cometary tail, or gas emission absorption lines — which is why the possibility of it being a comet was initially ruled out by some. A new paper says 'Oumuamua was a comet, not an alien spacecraft. Not everyone agrees 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z In an email, Karen Meech, a comet expert at the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy who has studied Oumuamua extensively, called the paper “a very interesting explanation.” Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The Sun’s rays then released that gas, giving the comet an energetic boost that caused it to accelerate. News at a glance: Modernizing bed nets, IDing a Solar System visitor, and health lessons from Beethoven’s hair 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Through this network, she can check up on the comet nearly every day and rapidly obtain fresh observations in response to any sudden changes in its appearance. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z However, that shot was taken out, and the one left in was just the actress Téa Leoni and her on-screen father standing and watching the comet. This 25-year-old sci-fi disaster movie is still lauded by scientists — here's why 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Seligman said a coma, which is a cloud of gas surrounding the nucleus of a comet, consists of micron-sized dust particles that reflect sunlight and which travel with the gas. A new paper says 'Oumuamua was a comet, not an alien spacecraft. Not everyone agrees 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Dr. Bergner, an expert on the chemistry of ice in outer space, wondered if molecular hydrogen gas, the lightest, most abundant and most volatile element in the universe, could be responsible for propelling the comet. Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z But it lacked the icy tail of a typical comet, so that acceleration could not be explained by the release of gas from that water ice. News at a glance: Modernizing bed nets, IDing a Solar System visitor, and health lessons from Beethoven’s hair 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z That combination will be powerful in monitoring the comet’s approach over the next year, she says. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Was it an asteroid, comet, or even an alien spaceship? Mystery of our first interstellar visitor may be solved 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z "Typically what happens is you discover comets because they have a coma, and then you go and measure the gas via other means like getting spectroscopic measurements," he said. A new paper says 'Oumuamua was a comet, not an alien spacecraft. Not everyone agrees 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z “A comet traveling through the interstellar medium basically is getting cooked by cosmic radiation, forming hydrogen as a result,” Dr. Bergner said in a statement issued by the University of California, Berkeley. Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z And indeed, our solar system’s comets are rich in water ice and are regularly kicked around by larger objects. Was ’Oumuamua, the First Known Interstellar Object, Less Weird Than We Thought? 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Network observers have already begun keeping track of the comet, even though it remains faint in their telescopes. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z “I’m still feeling a normal comet model would work,” she says, noting that the object could simply have had a low amount of dust. Mystery of our first interstellar visitor may be solved 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Seligman added that previous observations of comets show that it is possible to identify them based on outgassing, and not through a coma observation. A new paper says 'Oumuamua was a comet, not an alien spacecraft. Not everyone agrees 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z And any dust in the ice would remain trapped there, taking much of the show out of the comet’s tail. Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The new findings fit well with the hypothesis that bodies like comets, asteroids and meteorites that bombarded early Earth seeded the young planet with compounds that helped pave the way for the first microbes. Asteroid discovery suggests ingredients for life on Earth came from space 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z But astronomers have been disappointed by plenty of promising comets that proved underwhelming, says Quanzhi Ye, a planetary astronomer at the University of Maryland, who describes himself as “cautiously excited” about Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Oumuamua, as scientists christened it, was also odd in that it looked like an asteroid but behaved like a comet. Mystery of our first interstellar visitor may be solved 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z "It also did not show jitter from jets as a result of uneven sublimation of ice on its surface, nor a substantial evolution in its spin period, as often witnessed for evaporating comets." A new paper says 'Oumuamua was a comet, not an alien spacecraft. Not everyone agrees 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Indeed, in recent years astronomers like Dr. Seligman and his colleagues have spotted a half-dozen “dark” comets: small bodies that exhibit acceleration but have no observable comas or tails. Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Prior to this study, as Tobin said, astronomers could connect Earth's water to comets, but they couldn't connect protostars to comets. Tracing water's path through young solar systems hints at how alien life might form 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Often described as dirty snowballs, comets are the dusty, icy relics of planetary formation that were hurled to the solar system’s outskirts eons ago by gravitational interactions with Jupiter or other giant worlds. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Their vampy colors are set off against the murk of the other nominees like comets against smog. Opinion: Oscar's 2023 polarized picks — moody and cloudy vs. box office flamboyance 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z When it does arrive, it is estimated the comet will shine at a brightness magnitude ranging from 0.7 to 0.2, which is pretty bright for a space object that isn't a star or planet. Newly discovered comet arriving in 2024 could be brighter than Venus 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z To date, all the comets observed in our solar system have ranged from around a half-mile to hundreds of miles across. Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z "What we didn't know was whether the water that was formed in interstellar clouds is actually passed relatively unchanged, through the phases of star formation and to proto-planetary disks, comets, and planets," Tobin said. Tracing water's path through young solar systems hints at how alien life might form 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z But when one approaches the inner solar system, sunlight turns some of a comet’s ice into gas in a process called sublimation, forming a fuzzy, glowing cloud called a coma. A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z It would be unfair to insist he stay around till the comet’s next appearance, in 2061. Perspective | As the sun goes down on the Skywatch column, meet the author behind it 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z A lot of this depends on what the comet is made of and the exact path it takes. Newly discovered comet arriving in 2024 could be brighter than Venus 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Initially Oumuamua was pegged as an asteroid, as it exhibited none of the sizzle and flash typical of comets. Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z "And so we've now established the path of water to get to planets, and comets, from the interstellar medium." Tracing water's path through young solar systems hints at how alien life might form 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Other than a general consensus that they’re caused by some astrophysical process, they’ve been variably attributed to solar activity, emissions from a nearby supernova or neutron star or even Earth’s close encounter with a comet. Mystery of Ancient Space Superstorms Deepens 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Astronomers use a color-coded warning system called the Torino Scale to gauge the degree of danger an asteroid or comet presents to Earth in the next 100 years. An asteroid will just miss us in 2029. Scientists are making the most of a rare opportunity 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z After it was first noticed by ATLAS, the comet was then independently verified by astronomers at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Newly discovered comet arriving in 2024 could be brighter than Venus 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Now, two astronomers have found what they call “a surprisingly simple explanation” for Oumuamua’s behavior: The object was a comet after all, propelled by minuscule amounts of hydrogen gas spurting from an icy core. Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z "We've now established that path of water to get to planets, and comets, from the interstellar medium." Tracing water's path through young solar systems hints at how alien life might form 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Todd Hewett of Billings said his 10-year-old son Matt saw the balloon and thought it was a comet he had been looking for. Chinese balloon high over US stirs unease far below 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Jupiter and Saturn are loaded with small moons, believed to be fragments of once bigger moons that collided with one another or with comets or asteroids, Sheppard said. Jupiter’s moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Amorphous ices are not found on Earth, but they could be prevalent in outer space, in comets, interstellar clouds and icy worlds like Europa, a moon of Jupiter. Shaking Ordinary Ice (Very Hard) Transformed It Into Something Never Seen Before 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z “This provides further support that Oumuamua originated as a planetesimal relic broadly similar to solar system comets.” Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z A stargazer has captured the moment a newly discovered green comet began to make its closest approach to Earth. Green comet captured from back garden 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z On Thursday, Feb. 2, the comet will make its closest approach to our planet, and its green-hued ice ball and tail will be visible from the Earth’s surface. Space and Astronomy in February: What to Expect 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z A newly discovered comet will make its closest approach to our planet on Wednesday. Newly discovered green comet comes close to Earth 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z A comet visits our heavens for the first few days of February, and two lovely planets waltz all month through the western evening sky. Skywatch: A comet visits, and Venus and Jupiter show a Valentine spirit 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z |
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