 YubaNet | YubaNet, CA - "Now, Comet 17P/Holmes holds that distinction." On Nov. 9th, a team of Hawaii astronomers led by Rachel Stevenson measured the diameter of the comet's ... |
iTWire, Australia -
By William Atkins Comet 17P/Holmes, which has been growing larger since October 23, 2007, is now larger than the Sun. Although the Sun is now the second ...
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Nov 15 6:15 AM
A comet that has delighted backyard astronomers in recent weeks after an unexpected eruption has now grown larger than the sun.
 Science Centric | Hubble Zooms In On Heart Of Mystery Comet -- Comet Holmes Science Daily (press release) - 15, 2007) — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of Comet 17P/Holmes which, to the delight of sky watchers, ... Incredible Comet Bigger than the Sun Holmes Comet Coma Grows Bigger Than The Sun |
| Hubble probes a comet's heart MSNBC - Comet Holmes is turning into the star of the night sky, thanks to a huge cloud of dust that makes it look more like a cosmic fuzzball than a dirty snowball. ... Slashdot - 32 minutes ago coondoggie passed us a NetworkWorld article, as he does, noting that there is now an object in our solar system bigger than Sol. The Holmes comet has a huge coma, with a diameter scientists are now calculating to be larger than our own middle-sized star. "Scientists don't seem to have a guess as to how big it will ultimately become. The Holmes coma's diameter on Nov. 9 was 869,900 miles (1.4 ... Universe Today - Nov 13 10:25 AM All right, that title is a little misleading. In fact, when I first read the original press release, my skepticism alarms went off. But it's true, the amazing Comet Holmes now has a halo that's larger than the Sun. Not bad for a comet that, until three weeks ago, was just a tiny dim dirty [...] |
Thaindian.com, Thailand -
The comet theory first began generating a buzz at an international meeting of geophysicists in Mexico in May. The findings were published this month in the ...
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