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The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

WISE has found its first comet, P/2010 B2 (WISE)

Having discovered its first asteroid on January 12, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has now officially discovered its first comet, P/2010 B2 (WISE).

Color global view of Tempel 1 from Deep Impact

Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 30: Tempel 1

Looking over the list of planets, moons, and smaller bodies I posted so far, I realized I didn't have an image of a comet yet.

Spectacular animation of Halley's comet

It's a holiday and I'm enjoying time with the family, so rather than write a lot, I will let a spectacular image do the talking for me.

Shoemaker Grant Recipient Co-Discovers Comet Lulin

MSL sites, comet outbursts, and other stuff

The latest on MSL landing sites, a look at comet outbursts, and links to other stuff.

OPAG, Day 2: Ground-based study of the small bodies in the outer solar system

After the political discussions of the morning, Mike Brown stood up to give the

Deep Impact Sets a New Course as Tempel 1 Returns to Normal

With its mission at Tempel 1 over, the Deep Impact spacecraft has altered its course in order to allow a future mission at another comet.

Deep Impact Data Surprises Scientists

When Deep Impact crashed into the nucleus of Tempel 1 at 23,000 miles per hour on July 4, it sent a huge, bright cloud of stuff upward and outward from the comet, providing a spectacular image that is already assured a place in the space history books, and may well be seared into the brains of all those who watched the event.

Another gorgeous Deep Impact image

The team has just released a really pretty high-resolution view of Tempel 1 just 67 seconds after the impact.

Deep Impact live blog

Live blog from the press room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as Deep Impact's Impactor meets its fate at the comet....

Deep Impact Comet Crash Produces Great Big Comet Flash

The Deep Impact mission seems to have produced an impact crash beyond the expectations, but not the hopes, of the science team.

The Deep Impact Impact onto Tempel 1 as witnessed by Hubble

Views of Tempel 1

It looks like the European Space Agency was busy overnight -- lots of great Earth- and space- based images of the impact have been appearing on various websites.