Tags: Comet

After shining in telescopes and camera views through 2021, the comet is no more. The brightest comet of 2021 has disintegrated, according to EarthSky. An icy wanderer known as Comet...

Astronomers proposed a novel explanation Monday for the strange appearance of the comet carrying Europe’s robot probe Philae through outer space: alien microscopic life. Many of the frozen dust ball’s...

A comet streaking through space with a European robot lab riding piggyback will skirt the Sun this week, setting another landmark in an extraordinary quest to unravel the origins of...

New research indicates the object from beyond our solar system is also the most pristine comet ever seen. A comet named 2I/Borisov became just the second interstellar object to be...

It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor, as it’s known, left behind a crater off the coast of Mexico that...

In early 2016, an icy visitor from the edge of our solar system hurtled past Earth. It briefly became visible to stargazers as Comet Catalina before it slingshotted past the...

Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic «impact winter» that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on...

A MYSTERIOUS comet that has just entered our Solar System could be carrying ‘alien water’, according to a new study. Researchers analysing the interstellar 2I/Borisov comet think that it’s releasing...

STARGAZERS in the northern hemisphere are in for a treat this week as there’s a chance to spot Comet Neowise with the naked eye. The comet is currently heading past...

Skywatchers in the northern hemisphere are enjoying the sight of a newly discovered comet this month. The comet, dubbed C/2020 F3, was discovered in March by NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope....