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1. News - World

   Astronomers and amateurs brace for a year of comets and close asteroids

   Posted Jan 07th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Astronomy Asteroid Comet Agence France-Presse in Paris The close passing of two asteroids and two comets to be gifts from heaven for stargazers Astronomers are gearing for thrills this year when earth gets buzzed by two rogue asteroids and two comets. This week, scientists who scour the heavens for dangerous space rocks will be tracking an asteroid called 99942 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1121599/astronomers-and-amateurs-brace-year-comets-and-close-asteroids
2. DOCUMENTARY WATCH

   Posted Mar 14th 2003, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Astronomy Astronomy Asteroid Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Fireballs From Space World, 9pm This astronomical detective story takes an exhilarating ride aboard asteroids, comets and other celestial bodies that cross Earth's orbit and, some ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/409207/documentary-watch
3. HK may enjoy rare astronomical event: newspaper

   Posted Apr 15th 2004, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Comet Hale-Bopp Comet Chandra Wong Chandra Wong CHANDRA WONG Updated at 12.53pm: Hong Kong might experience a rare astronomical event next month - when two visible comets appear together over the territory, the Sun newspaper reported on Thursday. The Hong Kong Astronomical Society said its members had already spotted one of the comets near New Zealand. The society said the best ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/452169/hk-may-enjoy-rare-astronomical-event-newspaper
4. The Planets

   Posted Sep 11th 2005, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... could it have contained, anyway, to preoccupy me all these years?') Even the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, recorded with the usual death's head prose by the media, is by Sobel extinguished ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/515749/planets
5. Experts gather to ponder origins of life

   Posted Feb 19th 2008, 12:00am by Steve Cray

   ... compounds in stars; the observation of organic compounds in the solar system, including comets, asteroids, meteors and planetary dust; and laboratory studies. Dr Sandford said the age-old question ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/626788/experts-gather-ponder-origins-life
6. Comet hit makes big impact

   Posted Jul 16th 2005, 12:00am by Kate Whitehead

   ... for a comet 134 million km from Earth. They cheered as they watched the probe slam into the side of the comet. The mission was more successful than they dared dream. And the results, they hope, could ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/508512/comet-hit-makes-big-impact
7. Lifestyle - Technology - SHORT SCIENCE

   Short Science, April 28, 2013

   Posted Apr 28th 2013, 12:00am by Reuters

   ... Laureate Jody Williams, of the Campaign To Stop Killer Robots. Reuters   Hubble telescope spies incoming comet A recently discovered comet, dazzlingly bright even though it is still almost as far away as Jupiter, is racing toward a November rendezvous with the sun. If it survives the encounter the comet may be visible even in daylight in earth's skies at the end of the year. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1224819/short-science-april-28-2013
8. News - World - SPACE

   Water on earth, moon came from same place

   Posted May 11th 2013, 12:00am by GDN

   ... that the water on the moon rocks came from a comet, since comet water tended to have different deuterium-hydrogen ratios. Additional reporting by Xinhua ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1234783/water-earth-moon-came-same-place
9. News - World - SPACE

   Dark, sticky QE2 asteroid to pass by Earth on June 1

   Posted May 20th 2013, 12:00am by MCT

   ... be a result of a comet that flew too close to the sun, said Amy Mainzer, who tracks near-Earth objects at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge, California. It might also have leaked out ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1241338/dark-sticky-qe2-asteroid-pass-earth-june-1
10. Lifestyle - Technology

    Hirohito Totsune lights up the ICC

    Posted Apr 19th 2013, 12:00am by Kylie Knott

    ... the Dead Sea Scrolls or carvings of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. The books are crammed with detailed diagrams, images of constellations, comets and other solar displays. The great Italian ...

    http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1217545/hirohito-totsune-lights-icc

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