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Title Author Type Date Words
Comet Lulin. Brief article Apr 1, 2009 237
See Comet Lulin. Feb 25, 2009 92
Tale of a tailed star. Brief article Feb 1, 2009 333
Icy rock takes long way home: cometlike body traveling back to inner Oort Cloud. Cowen, Ron Brief article Sep 13, 2008 265
The way a comet crumbles. Sohn, Emily May 10, 2006 347
Spacecraft samples and views Wild 2. Cowen, R. Jan 10, 2004 605
Probe's comet encounter yields close-ups. Harder, B. Brief Article Sep 29, 2001 407
A comet continues to crumble. R.C. Brief Article Jul 21, 2001 336
Comet LINEAR: Breaking up isn't hard to do. Cowen, R. Brief Article Aug 12, 2000 520
A Comet's Long Tail Tickles Ulysses. Cowen, R. Brief Article Apr 8, 2000 714
Kuiper belt object shows hint of activity. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Dec 12, 1998 418
Faraway comet spins into the light. Simpson, S. Brief Article Nov 14, 1998 545
Small comet theory faces barrage from foes. Monastersky, Richard Dec 20, 1997 683
C'est la vie: searching for life in the solar system. Cowen, Ron Cover Story Nov 1, 1997 2285
Comet Hale-Bopp: alive and spewing. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Oct 25, 1997 288
Is Earth pelted by space snowballs? Monastersky, Richard May 31, 1997 970
A new tail for Comet Hale-Bopp. Cowen, Ron Brief Article May 3, 1997 276
Comet Hale-Bopp. Boyles, Andy Apr 1, 1997 795
How to find the comet (tips on finding the Hale-Bopp Comet which will be at its brightest April 1, 1997) Boyles, Andy Apr 1, 1997 94
A fire in the sky. Apr 1, 1997 187
A comet is coming ... again: a newly discovered comet may be the brightest in decades. Costello, Emily Feb 21, 1997 1114
Comets observed around nearby star. Brief Article Jun 1, 1996 223
Breakup of a comet. Brief Article Jan 13, 1996 485
Future visit to a comet. Brief Article Dec 9, 1995 190
Comet find: five easy pieces. Brief Article Oct 1, 1994 321
By Jupiter! Comet crashes dazzle and delight. Cowen, Ron Jul 23, 1994 735
The 200,000-megaton meeting; a shattered comet nears its cataclysmic end at Jupiter. Cowen, Ron Cover Story Jul 9, 1994 2264
Eying the impacts from Earth and space. Cowen, Ron Cover Story Jul 9, 1994 861
Repaired Hubble eyes Jupiter-bound comet. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Feb 19, 1994 473
Jupiter's model spot; an impending comet crash stirs up interest in Jupiter's atmosphere. Peterson, Ivars Cover Story Feb 19, 1994 2384
Points of impact: observers get a break. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Jan 22, 1994 392
Shoemaker-Levy in the infrared. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Jan 22, 1994 119
Crash course on a comet bound for Jupiter. Cowen, Ron Oct 23, 1993 596
Confirming a comet's belated return. Pendick, Daniel Brief Article Oct 10, 1992 469
A flare for pondering Halley's outburst. Oct 12, 1991 167
A distant Halley stages a bright outburst. Cowen, Ron Mar 2, 1991 627
Comet rediscovered 10 trips later. Feb 2, 1991 247
Oljato revisited. Eberhart, Jonathan Nov 3, 1990 191
First view of Chiron's farthest fringes. Eberhart, J. Apr 21, 1990 432
Frozen relics of the early solar system: astronomers search for distant comets. Cowen, Ron Apr 21, 1990 2596
Bursts from a comet cloud. Feb 25, 1989 149
A distant look at Comet Halley. Peterson, Ivars Aug 13, 1988 282
Pieces of a fluffy comet. Peterson, Ivars Aug 13, 1988 184
Sun-grazers: a hot road to the end. Eberhart, Jonathan Jul 16, 1988 571
A bunch of little comets - but just a little bunch. Eberhart, Jonathan Aug 29, 1987 1096
Comets: life in an imperfect icebox. Eberhart, Jonathan Apr 4, 1987 648
Possible visitor from Oort cloud. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Sep 20, 1986 305
Encounters with Comet Halley: the new view begins to emerge. Eberhart, Jonathan May 24, 1986 900
Spots in the air: a comet controversy. Eberhart, Jonathan Mar 29, 1986 827
Comet Halley encounters earth's space age. Eberhart, Jonathan Mar 22, 1986 1262
Comet Halley: a close look on a hot day. Eberhart, J. Jan 11, 1986 765
Two more sun-grazing comets discovered. Eberhart, Jonathan Nov 23, 1985 397
Comet Halley begins to show its tail. Oct 19, 1985 113
First to a comet: 'a long, wonderful night'. Eberhart, Jonathan Sep 21, 1985 1336
The ICE plan cometh. Eberhart, Jonathan Aug 31, 1985 1994
Watching Comet Halley come to life. Eberhart, Jonathan Jul 20, 1985 564
Giotto's perilous probe of comet Halley. Eberhart, Jonathan Jul 13, 1985 2023
Was it a comet, or merely the solar wind? Eberhart, Jonathan May 4, 1985 575
As comets strike their suns. Thomsem Dietrick E. Jan 26, 1985 114
Interstellar comets? Thomsen, Dietrick Jan 26, 1985 148
An orbit for Nemesis. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Jan 26, 1985 344

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