The potentially spectacular Comet ISON continues to be masked by the glare of the sun as July transitions into August, but the icy wanderer will come into view soon. By the end of August, ISON should be high above the horizon before dawn. …read more
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If it survives a Thanksgiving Day close swing around the Sun, ISON will make its closest approach to Earth on December 26th, 2013. But it will likely pass a safe 63km from Earth. …read more
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The comet ISON is making what astronomers believe is its first trip through the inner solar system, taking a sweltering pass by the sun (making ISON a ‘sungrazing’ comet) and then back past Earth in December. …read more
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Three comets are putting on a show for sky watchers in 2013: Pan-STARRS, Lemmon and ISON. …read more
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NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft took its first photos of comet ISON, a potential “comet of the century.”
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(Phys.org)—The newly discovered comet ISON, which late this year could give sky watchers one of the brightest shows ever, shines in a new movie made by a University of Maryland-led team of scientists. The team recently began tracking and studying the comet with NASA‘s historic Deep Impact spacecraft.
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Some reporters have dubbed ISON the “Comet of the Century,” but experts aren’t yet sure how bright the sungrazer will become later this year, when it could shine bright enough to be visible in broad daylight.
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