How do you find a comet that could pose a threat to Earth but hasn't passed our planet in the last 200 years or more? You look for its footprint. This is the basis of research led by Samantha ...

A team of faculty and graduate students in the IU Astronomy department are even creating a model comet from dry ice. ... the Kirkwood Observatory will be open to the public tonight from 8-10.

Yes, this comet, also known as the A3, can be seen without an observatory telescope — or any telescope at all for that matter. "It's shining at a magnitude of 2.0 right now," said Judah Santiago ...

The comet, which appears green, was discovered by San Diego County’s Palomar Observatory in March 2022. Cameron Hummels is a research scientist at Caltech, which operates the Palomar Observatory ...

2025 could be a record-breaking year in terms of discovering new dark comets. Most excitingly, the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is scheduled to have ...

The comet won’t be visible from Earth again for another 80,000 years. In addition to viewing the comet, the observatory will also explore some of the night sky’s more familiar wonders.

When to see rare comet last seen in Ice Age closest to Earth Feb 2 2023. Where to stargaze near Wichita KS & Lake Afton observatory telescope ...

Bloomington residents can view a close-passing comet through the lens of a telescope at a public event at Kirkwood observatory Wednesday. According to NASA, the comet will only be about 26 million ...