Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids

Atlas of Earth's Meteor Showers book and Dr. Peter Jenniskens

The First ‘Birder’s Guide’ to Meteor Showers

Oct 31, 2023

group picture of FPO board

IAU names Asteroids after SETI Institute Citizen Scientists

Oct 24, 2023

The first detection of comet C/2023 A3 by a Unistellar citizen astronomer with their eVscope. To see the faint comet, SETI scientists stacked 300 4-second exposures centered where C/2023 A3 should have been. The result showed the comet right where scientists predicted it to be!

Comet C/2023 A3 Could Be the Next Great Comet

May 22, 2023

Screen capture of the outburst as seen from CAMS

February Hydrids Meteor Shower Outburst

Mar 08, 2023

SETI Live

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - A Rare Comet Visits Earth - SETI Institute Scientists Explain

Feb 03, 2023 , 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Image of Comet

Comet E3 Comes Close to Earth

Jan 13, 2023

SETI Live: CAMS

SETI Live - IS THAT A METEOR?

Nov 11, 2022 , 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Exocomets: Icy bodies from Distant Systems

SETI Talks - Exocomets: Icy bodies from Distant Systems

Oct 19, 2022 , 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Sample catcher chamber A

Ryugu Samples Reveal Asteroid’s Origin Story

Oct 06, 2022

Chabot Asteroid Day - Investigating Space: Asteroid Impact

Chabot Asteroid Day - Investigating Space: Asteroid Impact

Sep 17, 2022 , 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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