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April 29, 2006

Comet Update

Hubble73p A fantastic movie of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 is available from the European Space Agency's website for the Hubble Space Telescope!  Taken over a period of three days, you can see the chunks of "comet stuff" being flung off the main body of the comet.  The movie is a compilation of pictures from Hubble's Advance Camera for Surveys.  Wow!  What a sight!

Picture Credit:  ESA STScI

April 29, 2006 in Science |

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Amateur astronomer, Steve Bevan, a York Region Media Group distribution representative, spends far too much time looking up, except when he is driving. Email Steve
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