AmazingSpace - All resources on Comets and asteroids

Online Explorations

Fun, interactive ways to explore the universe

Comet Facts, Myths, & Legends

Great balls of fire … er, ice! Explore comet facts and fantasies through the ages.
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Comets

Whip up a batch of comets — without trashing the kitchen!
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Graphic Organizers

T-charts and Venn diagrams for at-a-glance comparisons of celestial objects

Legacy
Comparison of comets and asteroids

When is a comet not a comet? When it's an asteroid! Find out at a glance what makes these related space travelers different.
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Q&A

Commonly-asked questions about space and astronomy

Q&A: Comets

Satisfy your curiosity about the nature and behavior of comets.
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Fast Facts

Pictures and vital statistics for the planets and other celestial objects

Asteroid Eros

We landed a spacecraft on this asteroid when it passed close to Earth.
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Asteroid Ida

This crater-pocked asteroid has its own tiny moon.
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Asteroid Vesta

A massive impact with another object left Vesta scarred by a huge crater.
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Comet 9P/Tempel 1

NASA smashed a probe into this comet's core to study ancient material beneath its crusty skin.
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Comet Hale-Bopp

With a nucleus so huge and bright, even city-dwellers could see this one.
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Comet Halley

History's most famous comet also gives us one of our annual meteor showers.
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Myths vs realities

Common misconceptions about space. Each conceptual 'myth' is paired with the facts.

Star Witness news

Timely scoops from the Hubble Space Telescope's impressive array of discoveries

Tales of ...

In-depth background information on interesting space phenomena

An asteroid disintegrating as Hubble watches

Even asteroids get 'burned' by the sun.
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Water-rich planetary building blocks found around white dwarf

An exoplanetary system that survived the burnout of its parent star may have contained Earth-like planets.
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