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Phew! No 'doomsday' asteroids hide in famous broken comet's debris stream
They all seem to come from a parent body, the short-period Comet 2P/Encke. Comet 2P/Encke was the second periodic comet to be discovered. And the first, you ask? Halley's Comet, of course.
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Designing Nuclear-Armed Rockets To Destroy Doomsday Asteroids
A 10-kilometer comet or asteroid - rivaling the gargantuan ... ready to come to the other orb’s defense if it is threatened by a Doomsday event like the asteroid strike that wiped out all ...
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'Fireball' meteors possible over US tonight as South Taurid meteor shower peaks
Related: Phew! No 'doomsday' asteroids hide in famous broken comet's debris stream Both meteor showers result from debris ...
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Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake
The image of Comet Hale-Bopp blazing across the night sky of 1997 has delighted casual stargazers and astronomers alike. It was first spotted in July 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, who ...
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When the world freaked out in 1910: Fake news about Halley’s Comet drove people to terror and despair
The comet - Halley’s Comet ... but I’m not sure people were able to focus on that part after all that doomsday talk. From there, the panic and fear only grew stronger. Another French ...
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Disney Reveals Spending On ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
Robert Downey Jr is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Avengers: Doomsday (Photo by ... [+] Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney) Disney has revealed that its upcoming Avengers ...