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NASA fact-checks alien theory claims on 3I/ATLAS, says ‘all evidence points to…’

The comet was first discovered on July 1, 2025, through a telescope in Chile that is part of the NASA-funded…

Updated: July 31, 2025 13:04 IST

‘Comet of the Century’ appears after 80,000 years! Netizens capture this rare celestial event

Comet of the Century Timing: Netizens across India and around the globe have been lighting up Twitter and social media…

Updated: October 16, 2024 12:42 IST

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‘Devil comet’ 3 times bigger than Mt Everest is hurtling towards Earth! Know when it will reach us

12P comet will be closest to Earth on April 21, 2024, likely to become visible to the naked eye.

Updated: October 20, 2023 00:35 IST

Spectacular comets of recent times

Comet Holmes is a periodic comet in the Solar System, discovered by the British amateur astronomer Edwin Holmes on November…

January 29, 2023 02:35 IST

Comets break up, make up during journey

Studies of the bilobed comets by the team indicate they all are similar in their volume ratios between each lobe,…

June 2, 2016 17:12 IST

Comets did deliver life’s ingredients on Earth

“This is the first unambiguous detection of glycine in the thin atmosphere of a comet,” says Kathrin Altwegg, principal investigator…

May 30, 2016 14:01 IST

Comet, asteroid showers caused earlier mass extinctions over the past 260 million years

A team of researchers has blamed comet and asteroid showers for the mass extinctions occurring over the past 260 million…

December 26, 2015 20:43 IST

Oxygen detected on comet for first time

Scientists have for the first time detected abundant oxygen in the atmosphere of a comet which streaked past the Sun…

October 29, 2015 22:55 IST

Comet contains alcohol, sugar unexpected discovery shows; sheds new light on origin of life on Earth

Scientists today identified two complex organic molecules, or building blocks of life, on a comet for the first time, shedding…

October 24, 2015 17:25 IST

Citizen scientist discovers 3000th comet from NASA data

A citizen scientist has helped the space telescope SOHO discover its 3,000th comet, nearly 20 years after it was launched…

September 17, 2015 17:01 IST

Philae comet landing named physics breakthrough of the year

The first ever landing of a man-made probe onto a comet by ESA’s Philae spacecraft has been named Physics World…

December 14, 2014 16:16 IST

510 mn kms from Earth, European Space Agency’s comet probe sends back science treasure in final hours

Europe’s science probe Philae sent home a treasure trove of data from a comet heading towards…

Updated: November 15, 2014 21:58 IST

Triumphant comet probe sends last-gasp data from ‘alien world’

Robot probe Philae has uploaded a slew of last-minute data to Earth from a comet in deep space…

November 15, 2014 13:01 IST

European Space Agency releases 1st picture from comet

European Space Agency published the first image taken from the surface of a comet…

Updated: November 14, 2014 10:59 IST

Comet lander ends up in cliff shadow: European Space Agency

The good news is that the lander Philae is stable and in good health.

Updated: November 14, 2014 10:58 IST

European Space Agency: Comet lander ends up in cliff shadow

A shadow was cast quite literally across Europe’s historic mission to land on and explore a comet.

Updated: November 14, 2014 10:58 IST

European Space Agency’s Philae makes historic landing on a speeding comet: All you need to know

Hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, European Space Agency’s lander, Philae, makes history by successfully landing on the icy…

Updated: November 13, 2014 09:37 IST

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Amit Shah inaugurates residential quarters for Gujarat MLAs

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Amit Shah inaugurated new residential quarters for Gujarat MLAs, costing Rs 325 crore, and laid the foundation stone for a road project in Ahmedabad. The complex has 216 apartments with modern amenities, and the road project will improve connectivity to industrial centres. With 182 MLAs still living in the facility, it will provide better accommodation for the state’s lawmakers.

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