Once-in-80,000-years comet last seen by Neanderthals to light up the skies this October
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas will be visible to the naked eye for the first time in 80,000 years.
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Decoding the mystery of ‘Oumuamua
The answer was there all along.
Ancient comet with huge nucleus headed towards our cosmic vicinity
It's big, but don't worry, it won't come near Earth.
Largest comet ever discovered is heading towards the Sun. Nothing to worry about, though
The mammoth comet's approach will provide astronomers a unique opportunity to study the conditions of the early solar system.
Crumbled comet helps researchers understand how their tails form
It roughly overlaps their wake through solar wind.
Interstellar visitor 2I/Borisov is the most pristine comet ever observed
The study of the untainted interstellar comet 2I/Borisov has allowed astronomers to compare material found in our solar system to ...
Amateur astronomer discovered a new sungrazing comet during last week’s eclipse
Sadly, it met its end in the Sun's corona.
Surprisingly enough, comets can generate auroras too — in ultraviolet light
Does this mean we can get a tan on a comet?
Hubble spots our second interstellar visitor — a comet
"It's traveling so fast it almost doesn't care that the Sun is there."
Newfound comet could be an interstellar object, experts argue
It's only the second time that astronomers have detected an interstellar visitor.
Comet-inspired reactor could create oxygen for astronauts
Comets seem to release molecular oxygen all the time -- and some scientists have recreated the process on Earth.
Astronomers spy self-destructing asteroid with a twin comet-like tail
A well-known asteroid is spectacularly disintegrating before astronomers' eyes.
What’s the difference between an asteroid and a meteorite?
The meteorite only lives as it is falling.
Building blocks of life can spontaneously form in outer space
Biology -- it may literally be out of this world.
Key ingredient for life on Earth may have come from outer space
Phosphates forged in space made their way to Earth on comets and asteroid.
NASA’s brand new TESS telescope is already sending back impressive footage
Even before it actually started doing science, TESS sent back awesome footage of a passing comet.
Comet 67P harbors oxygen molecules as old as the Solar System
I wonder if it smells stale.
Pluto might have been formed by a billion comets
Pluto just got weirder.
Watch: real footage of cosmic particle ‘snow’ on comet 67P
Literally out of this world.
Biomarker molecule discovered “in abundance” around alien star, but still no life
Turns out, planet farts are just like ours, but with chlorine!
Hubble snaps the first binary-asteroid comet we’ve ever seen
Asteroids of a feather flock together. Sometimes into a comet.
Landslide spotted on comet for the first time using Rosetta’s images
Comets are far more geologically active than we thought.
Comet collision caused rapid carbon rise in ancient times
There may have been a bang.
Defunct Philae found on the surface of the comet
As Rosetta's mission draws close to an end, its high-resolution camera snapped a few photos of the Philae lander.
What comet dust looks like, courtesy of ESA’s Rosetta mission
Researchers have documented a more familiar curiosity: what dust particles on a comet look like.
Big Surprise: Rosetta finds primordial oxygen on a comet
For the first time, astronomers have detected primordial oxygen gassing out from a comet
NASA plans hitching rides on comets to explore the solar system
It's ludicrous, but it might just be crazy enough to work. On Monday, during the American Institute of Aeronautics and ...
Rosetta spacecraft finds huge sinkholes on comet’s surface
Rosetta is a robotic space probe built and launched by the European Space Agency. Along with Philae, its lander module, ...
Rosetta to continue its mission and land on a comet
The European Space Agency has confirmed that the Rosetta mission will continue until at least September 2016, when it will ...
Comets are like deep fried ice cream: cold in the core, crunchy and hard at the surface
Just like a deep fried scoop of ice cream, comets, such as the much heralded Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko which saw a ...
Earth may have generated its own water – geologically
A new study may have finally found where Earth's water came from. There are currently two competing theories, with one ...
Water didn’t come from comets, Rosetta analysis shows
As you might remember, a few days ago we were telling you about the fantastic success of the Rosetta mission ...
First full colour image of Comet 67P captured by Rosetta probe; meanwhile, Philae lost a leg
Only a couple of weeks ago, a historic rendezvous between the Rosetta spacecraft and Comet 67P was made after a 10-year round-trip journey of ...
Organic molecules found on comet
As we were telling you already in several articles, the Rosetta probe is in orbit of a comet - the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ...
Rosetta’s Philae probe landed on a comet – why this is HUGE news
OK, so we've been keeping you up to date with what's been happening with the Rosetta mission, but we had ...
Rosetta comet landing – watch it as it happens! [live blog]
In case you're not aware, the European Space Agency is just now trying to send Rosetta's lander, Philae, towards the comet ...
Rosetta mission discovers the comet that “sings”
The Rosetta probe found a comet which "sings". Image via ABC. As I am writing this, the Rosetta mission's lander, ...
The Rosetta Probe Prepares for First Ever Comet Landing
Launched by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Rosetta probe is nearing a crucial part in its mission - it ...
The most detailed topography of a comet
Ten years ago, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta probe tasked to orbit a comet for the very first ...
Rapidly rotating asteroid blazes with six tails trailing
This oddball cosmic body, called P/2013 P5, has puzzled astronomers for a while. By mass and orbit, it can only ...
First ever evidence of a comet striking Earth – a piece of it lies in Tutankhamon’s brooch
For the first time, researchers have found evidence of a comet entering Earth’s atmosphere and exploding, obliterating everything in its ...
Meteor impact in Canada may have triggered the Big Freeze that caused mass extinction and forced humans into agriculture
The high temperatures of the meteorite impact 12,900 years ago produced mm-sized spherules of melted glass with the mullite and ...
Dinosaur wipeout caused by comet, not asteroid – new study finds
The current leading theory that explains the mass extinction of the dinosaurs - once the dominant group of animals on ...
Amazing photos of comet PAN-STARSS. Also, anonymous donation of $3 million helps keep observation program alive
This month the PAN-STARSS comet can be seen at its brightest, a truly rare event that can be witnessed in ...
Upcoming 2013 ISON comet might be the brightest ever – set to shine as a full moon
Photograph of Comet West, one of the greatest comets of all-time, taken by an amateur astronomer. (c) John Laborde Discovered ...
Newly discovered comet set to light up the sky in 2013
Discovered just last week by a Russian team at the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON), the comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) ...
The Lyrid Meteor Shower – not to be missed this weekend
A moonless night might offer the best setting for the best view of the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower in years ...
Comet might have catastrophically collided with Earth 13,000 years ago
A recently published study suggests that the Earth might have been visited by a giant space rock 13,000 years ago, ...
NASA creates space harpoon to take samples from comets
NASA has developed a harpoon that would make even the most pretentious pirate jealous: it can latch on to comets ...
Half of supermassive black holes are surrounded by ‘dust clouds’
Black holes are perhaps the most fascinating and staggering objects in the known Universe, and we are just now beginning ...
