Author: Exuperist / Source: Neatorama There was DNA found in stardust. And now, a comet’s building blocks have been found in a meteorite. The placement of the material was intriguing. Apart from it being inside a meteorite, comets are usually formed in the outer reaches of our Solar System. For

Author: Maria Popova / Source: Brain Pickings Born in Germany in an era when no woman could obtain a formal education in science anywhere in the world, Maria Clara Eimmart (May 27, 1676–October 29, 1707) predated Caroline Herschel — the world’s first professional woman astronomer — by a century.

Author: Exuperist / Source: Neatorama pass by the Earth mid-December may be visible even to the naked eye. Astronomer Carl Wirtanen discovered his namesake comet in 1948. He was a skilled object hunter and used photos of the night sky to spot the quickly moving object, at least astronomically

Author: Ashley Strickland / Source: WMUR (CNN) — The night sky will come alive this weekend when a green comet streaks by Earth on the heels of the Geminid meteor shower’s display of green fireballs. Comet 46P/Wirtanen began brightening in November, but it will make its closest approach to

Author: Bob King / Source: Sky & Telescope Learn how chase away the Moon to keep Comet 46P/Wirtanen in a dark sky. Here’s an update on the comet’s progress and what to look for in the coming nights. Big, bright Moons are comet killers. Those of you seeking Comet 46P/Wirtanen, now a naked-eye