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What Went Wrong With the World’s First Jet Airliner? The Comet
This video covers the Comet’s journey from a celebrated launch to its tragic failures due to structural fatigue and ...
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Astrophotographer captures comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS growing an anti-tail (photos)
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on ...
Comet A3: Stunning new pictures show ‘comet of the century’ like never before
The object – which has the full name C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) – was found last year but in recent weeks has passed close ...
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Comet on its way out
The comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was visible to the naked eye for much of October as it zoomed across the night sky and ...
KC-135 Battles Storms And Icing To Refuel Thunderbirds F-16s In Midair
As a space buff, I knew the KC-135 was used to train astronauts for weightlessness. But its main mission is USAF aircraft ...
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Check Out Comet A3's Rare 'Antitail' in Stunning Video From Space
"This tail is an optical illusion coming from SOHO getting an edge-on view of the larger cometary dust particles that accumulate in the comet's orbital plane," the space agency said. It resembles ...
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‘Comet of the century’ seems to develop physics-defying second tail as it zooms past Earth
How to see Tsuchinshan-Atlas The rare phenomenon is caused by the Earth moving through the comet’s orbital plane, the American space agency explained. As the Earth crosses the space rock’s ...
Your Ultimate Guide To Finding The Comet Every Night This Week — Before It Fades
How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this week — and how you can see in until November.
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The ‘Comet of the Century’ Just Grew a Rare Anti-Tail
As the dust gets knocked off the comet, some of it remains in the parent body’s orbital plane. As the Earth passes through that plane, the debris reflects sunlight, giving those of us on the ...
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'Truly awesome': FSU student spots rare comet. Here's how to view it before it's too late
It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane – it’s a comet. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), to be exact. Florida State University freshman Asher Cicco, an astrophysics major, caught a glimpse ...