This resource explains what comets are, where they come from, and how comets can cause meteor showers.

Amazing Science provides teachers with facts about comets that they can use as a reference or to stimulate class discussion. The science questions support the lesson's activities.

This site provides a report on comets, with many links to more detailed information. Content includes a focus on Halley's Comet, Hale Bopp, and Shoemaker-Levy 9.

A detailed description of comets, their distinct parts, and the known comets in our solar system. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.

Hands-on activity allows children to learn about comets by creating their own models using art supplies.

Provides a brief description of comets, where they come from, and the different parts that make up a comet.

While comets were historically thought to be ill omens of war and famine, recent science has revealed that these celestial wonders actually contain amino acids, the building blocks of life on Earth. Justin Dowd explores the implications...

Younger students learn why comets race through the sky as well as related vocabulary words and meanings.

Discover the latest scientific information about comets through a vast archive of photographs and scientific facts.

Discover interesting facts about comets, an icy time capsule left over from the birth of planets.

This comet fact sheet, supplied by the NSSDC, provides a table of information on selected comets, complete with commentary when appropriate. Includes details of missions to observe these comets.

An introduction to comets, including information on their composition, origin, and importance.

A rendezvous with a comet was the goal for NASA's Stardust mission. Read about the mission and the comet here.

This resource contains a small amount of information on NASA's comet probe, Stardust.

Brief list of facts about the space probe Philae and comet 67b.

Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University provides a site dedicated to compiling the best images and information regarding Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and its collision with Jupiter. Great animations.

This site provides extensive information on the controversial theory that there are millions of small comets which continually burn up yearly in the earth's atmosphere.

This site provides the complete etext for Jules Verne's story, "Off on a Comet."

This resource provides an article on the Stardust space probe and how it snags burning particles from comets and returns them to earth. Mainly discusses the "Gravity boost," planet earth gave the probe as it began searching for a comet.

A penumbral lunar eclipse and a bright green comet gave skywatchers across the globe a double treat Friday night (Feb. 10) and early into Saturday morning.

Get details about "Deep Impact", Nasa's mission to intercept Comet Tempel 1. The resource includes an animation of the route taken by their probe.

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[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the characteristics of comets.

Use marbles to discover how comets and asteroids make impact craters. This hands-on experiment is easy to do and gives you many variations to try. Included are links to additional information.