Southern comet
December 18th, 2008Southern comet
APOD: 2007 January 18 - Southern Comet
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. (more...)
APOD: 2001 December 6 - Comet Linear (WM1) Brightens
Explanation: A comet bright enough to be seen with binoculars is swooping into southern skies. Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) continues to brighten and develop tails as it nears its ... (more...)
European Southern Observatory Images of Comet Hale-Bopp
European Southern Observatory Images of Comet Hale-Bopp. ESO Education and Public Relations Dept. ----- Text ... (more...)
Comet McNaught in the Southern Hemisphere
Gallery with photo details. Provides local sunset times for southern hemisphere cities. (more...)
THE BRIGHT-COMET CHRONICLES
COMET C/1947 X1 (SOUTHERN COMET; O.S. 1947 XII). First sighted on Dec. 7, faded rapidly and was lost to the naked eye by Dec. 25; T = 1947 December 2. (more...)
Diamonds show comet struck North America, scientists say - Los Angeles Times
A discovery of microscopic diamonds a few feet beneath the surface of North America reveals that a comet caused a cataclysm of fire, flood and devastation nearly 13,000 years ago that extinguished mammoths and mastodons and dealt a blow to early ... (more...)
Oklahoma soil points to comet storm that was fatal to mammoth - Tulsa World
A swarm of comets that smacked North America 12,900 years ago wiped out the wooly mammoth and early Native American cultures, according to a soil study released Thursday. The report in the journal Science focuses on tiny "nanodiamonds," crystals tied ... (more...)
Flight 100 - History 1949-1958 - Flight Global.com
A little over four years after the war had ended, the most significant creation to evolve from the Brabazon Committee's 1942 transport aircraft development plan would take to the air, and with it usher in a revolution in civil aviation that remains ... (more...)
2008 Santa Barbara County Fires - Chicago Tribune
A discovery of microscopic diamonds a few feet beneath the surface of North America reveals that a comet caused a cataclysm of fire, flood and devastation nearly 13,000 years ago that extinguished mammoths and mastodons and dealt a blow to early ... (more...)
Saturday's Sports Calendar and Upcoming Events - Daily Comet
Sunday. The Bayou Bandits volleyball club, a local non-profit organization consisting of girl volleyball players ages 9-18 and grades 4-12, will have its orientation and registration (11:30 a.m.-noon) and practice (noon-3 p.m.) at the Central ... (more...)