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Philae probe successfully lands on comet
9-27-2014 |
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Rosetta's companion spacecraft has made history today by touching down on the surface of a comet.
Rosetta spots UFO on surface of comet
9-17-2014 | 102
An object described as a 'metallic disc' has turned up in a close-up photograph of the comet.
Probe captures first instellar space dust
8-18-2014 | 9
NASA's Stardust spacecraft is now believed to have picked up particles from outside the solar system
Rosetta probe arrives at comet after 10 years
8-6-2014 | 86
The European spacecraft has finally reached its destination after traveling over 6 billion kilometers.
NASA finds no sign of hypothetical Planet X
3-10-2014 | 16
Researchers had theorized that a gas giant in the Oort Cloud may have been affecting the orbit of comets.
Rosetta probe survives 31-month deep sleep
1-21-2014 | 16
ESA's comet chasing spacecraft has successfully woken up after hibernating for two-and-a-half years.
Has Comet Ison been destroyed ?
11-29-2013 | 59
The 'comet of the century' didn't survive its close encounter with the sun and appears to have broken up.
Comet Ison set to provide spectacular show
11-27-2013 | 19
It will soon be crunch time for the 'comet of the century' as it passes through the corona of the sun.
Astronomers spot strange six-tailed asteroid
11-8-2013 | 18
The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed an asteroid unlike anything ever seen before.
'Black glass' could be comet chunk
10-11-2013 | 7
A remarkable charred black pebble could be the first large-scale comet fragment ever recovered.
Comet impacts can produce the spark of life
9-17-2013 | 48
The building blocks of life could spontaneously appear whenever a comet smashes in to a planetary body.
Doomsday comet could hit Mars in 2014
3-11-2013 | 48
A massive comet heading towards Mars is providing a stark reminder of the dangers we face from space.
Comet Ison will be 'brighter than the Moon'
12-29-2012 | 62
A comet due to pass close to the Earth in 2013 is expected to provide a rare and spectacular display.
Did a comet hit Canada 12,900 years ago ?
9-25-2012 | 7
Did a massive impact explosion wipe out humans in North America and initiate a new Ice age ?
Comet impact narrowly avoided in 1883
10-18-2011 | 36
A huge comet narrowly missed hitting the Earth when it passed within 5,000 miles of us in 1883.
Controversy surrounds "intelligent comet"
7-9-2011 | 88
A comet discovered last year by Leonid Elenin is being claimed by some to be under intelligent control.
Clovis comet theory crashes
5-17-2011 | 5
A new theory claiming that a comet caused the demise of the Clovis people comes under critics' fire.
Crashing comets make rings ripple
4-5-2011 | 4
Wobbles in the rings of Saturn and Jupiter preserve a record of past impacts.
Dark object hurling comets at Earth
12-9-2010 | 14
A massive object four times the size of Jupiter could be lurking in the outer solar system.
Deep Impact flies by small comet
11-6-2010 | 4
The Deep Impact spacecraft flew by a small comet on Thursday some 13 million miles from Earth.
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