18-Year-Old Student Discovers Comet Break-Up

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 4, 2011 @12:18AM from the patience-and-a-sweet-telescope dept.

astroengine writes "It's an event that any professional astronomer would consider to be a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. But for one 18-year-old British student, witnessing the fragmentation of a comet she was studying became the highlight of a summer work experience program using the Faulkes Telescope Project. However, that was just the icing on the cake; Hannah Blyth of St. Johns College, Cardiff, also assisted in the discovery of over 20 previously unknown asteroids, two of which she discovered herself. It is extremely rare to spot a fragmenting comet, but for an amateur (let alone an 18-year-old student on work experience), this is an incredible achievement."

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She could tell the comet had broken up... by EnglishTim · 2011-09-04 01:47 · Score: 5, Funny

... it had set its Facebook status to 'single'.
Re:Luck by tsa · 2011-09-04 17:10 · Score: 1, Funny

I don't usually complain about moderation but the person who modded me 'offtopic' doesn't have all his braincells wired correctly.

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