Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Comets Are Important Because They . . . * May be the oldest, most primitive bodies in the solar system preserving the earliest record of material from the nebula which formed the sun and the planets. * Bring volatile light elements to the planets, playing a role in forming oceans and atmospheres.
Astronomers have now linked the comet's appearances to observations dating back more than 2,000 years. Halley was last seen in Earth's skies in 1986 and was met in space by an international fleet of spacecraft. It will return in 2061 on its regular 76-year journey around the Sun.
Our solar system’s small bodies – asteroids, comets, and meteors – pack big surprises. These chunks of rock, ice, and metal are leftovers from the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago. They are a lot like a fossil record of our early solar system.
Tell us about your job. What do you do? There are two major branches of my job – research and mission work. My research involves the discovery and characterization of transiting extrasolar planets or exoplanets.
José Cotayo is a lifelong learner from Venezuela who is devoted to making a difference in people's lives by making science real. He currently works as the Education Specialist at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Tampa developing curricula for technology-based student programs and expanding people's understanding of the universe through daily planetarium shows and monthly celestial ...
Dr. Shanos has submitted observational data on meteors, comets and grazing occultations that have been published by the International Meteor Association, International Occultation Timing Association and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
Talia Myres first became interested in space when she observed Halley's Comet in 1986 as a small child. After that, she was hooked. Throughout the years, she has been fortunate enough to visit Kennedy Space Center in Florida and watch space shuttle flights from Tampa, Florida.
Anne's favorite outreach activities include making dry ice comets, star-gazing, sun-gazing, and playing with robots! › all ambassadors. NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. Beyond our own solar system, there are more planets than stars in the night sky.