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Tag: comet

China's Long March 3B rocket launches the Tianwen-2 asteroid and comet mission from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at night, with bright orange flames and smoke illuminating the pad.
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China launches Tianwen-2 mission to sample near Earth asteroid

by Andrew JonesMay 28, 2025May 28, 2025

China launched its second planetary exploration mission Wednesday, sending Tianwen-2 to sample a near Earth asteroid and later survey a main belt comet.

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This artist’s concept of Comet 238P/Read shows the main belt comet sublimating—its water ice vaporizing as its orbit approaches the Sun. This is significant, as the sublimation is what distinguishes comets from asteroids, creating their distinctive tail and hazy halo, or coma. The James Webb Space Telescope’s detection of water vapor at Comet Read is a major benchmark in the study of main belt comets, and in the broader investigation of the origin of Earth’s abundant water. Credits: NASA, ESA
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Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet

by SpaceRef EditorMay 15, 2023July 15, 2024
ocused-ion-beam scanning-electron microscope
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Solar System ‘Detectives’ Search For Clues in ‘Crumbs’ Left Over From The Early Solar System

by SpaceRef EditorJanuary 27, 2023July 15, 2024
Comet 67P
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How Terrain Evolves On Icy Comets

by SpaceRef EditorSeptember 4, 2022July 15, 2024
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Near-sun Comet Roasted To Death

by SpaceRef EditorJune 15, 2022July 15, 2024
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Comet 67P’s Abundant Oxygen More Of An Illusion

by SpaceRef EditorMarch 14, 2022July 15, 2024
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Comets’ Heads Can Be Green, But Never Their Tails. We Finally Know Why

by SpaceRef EditorDecember 26, 2021July 15, 2024
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Views of Comet Leonard from Two Sun-Watching Spacecraft

by SpaceRef EditorDecember 22, 2021July 15, 2024
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Vast Patches Of Glassy Rock In Chilean Desert Likely Created By Ancient Exploding Comet

by SpaceRef EditorNovember 4, 2021July 15, 2024
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To Watch A Comet Form, A Spacecraft Could Tag Along For A Journey Toward The Sun

by SpaceRef EditorOctober 13, 2021July 15, 2024

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