Last year, news broke that scientists had discovered a huge inbound comet, named Bernardinelli-Bernstein. It was the most distant comet we’d ever discovered. And it was huge, so big scientists originally thought it was a minor planet. But it was so distant that all our pictures were still blurry. So, …
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There is a truly enormous new comet sailing in from the Oort Cloud. It’s always exciting to entertain a new celestial visitor, and this massive Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) is causing a stir among astronomers worldwide. First of all, it’s huge. There have been several big, bright comets in the last …
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Astronomers announced earlier this year that an enormous 62-mile (100-kilometer) object was creeping inward from the fringes of the solar system. We didn’t know what this mysterious visitor was at the time, but a recent development has shed light on the subject. The object, now officially designated C/2014 UN271, began …
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The outer solar system is littered with big chunks of rock and ice, but rarely do their orbits bring them close enough to Earth for us to get a good look. And then there’s 2014 UN271, an approaching object that astronomers believe to be a huge comet on a million-year …
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A new analysis of data gathered by the CONSERT (Comet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radio wave Transmission) instrument, a radar onboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft and its Philae lander, confirms that solar radiation has significantly modified the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it travels through space between the orbits of Jupiter …
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A Brief History of Intel CPUs, Part 2: Pentium II Through Comet Lake In Part 1 of this guide, we discussed the various Intel CPUs from the beginning of the company through to the Pentium Pro. Before we dive into the other CPUs in Intel’s overall history, in celebrating the …
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Comets, it turns out, are rather more active places than we thought. Comet 67P, where we left Rosetta and Philae not too long ago, is one such happenin’ spot. Scientists poring over photos by Rosetta and Philae have unearthed evidence of a spectacular landslide on 67P — and we caught …
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