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
