"Solar System"

Summer Astrobiology Roundup #2: Possible ‘Comet Of The Century’ Starts Warming Up

Back in February these pages discussed a newly discovered long-period comet, ISON (otherwise known as C/2012 s1), that is falling sunwards for what is probably its first passage through the inner solar system later this year – on a beautiful near parabolic orbit...

July 25, 2013 — Caleb A. Scharf

A week in space: Cassini dips down to Enceladus, a solar flare erupts, Discovery moves, and more

If I lived elsewhere in the multiverse, this is the news and cool space stuff I’d have been covering this week. Unfortunately, in this universe I didn’t have the time.

April 21, 2012 — Kelly Oakes