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Links to currently visible comets, plus has a comet catalog and memorable comets of the past.
cometography.com
Gives a few basic facts about comets. And a few pictures.
www.frontiernet.net
Explains the history of comets, and has a game to guess what materials comets are made of.
cse.ssl.berkeley.edu
Ask Captain Comet a question and learn how to make your own comet.
stardust.jpl.nasa.gov
NOVA Online: Doomsday Asteroid
Transcript of the television broadcast, kitchen comet activity, general information on comets.
www.pbs.org
What comets are made of, and explore NASA missions that went to different comets.
www.windows.ucar.edu
Explains what in inside a comet, and how come we can see it even though it doesn't make its own light.
starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
Diagrams, pictures, and movies of comets all help us understand what they are.
starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
Encyclopedia article describles the basics of comets.
www.factmonster.com
What are comets, where they come from, and will they hit the earth.
www.questacon.edu.au
Pictures of comets, what they are made of, and their role in Earth's history.
whyfiles.org
Information on comet origins, and major comets.
www.zoomschool.com
Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission
Explains how NASA sent a rocket to meet a comet and return a little of it back to Earth.
spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov
A video simulation of a comet hitting the Earth.
www.sandia.gov
Tells the history, composition and collisions that comets have had.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com