A weird asteroid has just gotten a little weirder.
We have known for a while that asteroid 3200 Phaethon acts like a comet...
Read MoreA weird asteroid has just gotten a little weirder.
We have known for a while that asteroid 3200 Phaethon acts like a comet...
Read MoreESA and NASA mission SOHO – Solar and Heliospheric Observatory – got a visit from an old friend this week when comet 96P entered its field of view on Oct. 25, 2017. The comet entered the lower right corner of SOHO’s view, and skirted up and around the right edge before leaving on Oct. 30. SOHO also spotted comet 96P in 1996, 2002, 2007 and 2012, making it the spacecraft’s most frequent cometary visitor.
At the same time, comet 96P passed through a second NASA mission’s view: STEREO – Solar and Terrestria...
Read MoreA kind of solar storm has puzzled scientists for its lack of typical warning signs: They seem to come from nowhere, and scientists call them stealth CMEs. Now, scientists have developed a model simulating their evolution...
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