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21 Mar 2018

Star fly-by disturbed comets of solar system 70,000 years ago

This discovery was first made public in 2015 by a team of astronomers led by Professor Eric Mamajek of the University of Rochester in the US.

30 Dec 2017

NASA's flying telescope to study Saturn's moon, comets

Sofia is a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 100-inch diameter telescope. It is a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Centre, DLR.

28 Oct 2017

Scientists spot comets outside our solar system

These cosmic balls of ice and dust, which travelled about 160,934 kms per hour before they ultimately vapourised, are some of the smallest objects yet found outside our own solar system.

04 Sep 2017

This is how stars cause comets to strike Earth! - Read

The team predicted that within the next million years between 19 and 24 stars will come within 3.26 light years of the Sun ? close enough to deflect comets from their original paths

16 Jan 2017

What's up for January 2017? Here's when, where to look up in the night sky this month (Watch video)

The new year started with a beautiful view of the moon, Venus and Mars on January 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

07 Jan 2017

NASA's Hubble spots exocomets taking plunge onto young star

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered exocomets -- comets outside our solar system -- plunging onto a young star that resides 95 light-years from Earth.

31 Jul 2016

'Comets are ancient leftovers of early solar system', reveals study

Comets are the ancient leftovers of early solar system formation, and not younger fragments resulting from subsequent collisions between other larger bodies, according to a new study of data collected by the Rosetta space probe.

29 Jul 2016

Must watch – What would happen if an asteroid hit the Earth today!

Although the Earth is constantly being hit with with asteroids that entered and disintegrated in its atmosphere, life has survived the impact and lived through each crisis today.

29 May 2016

Comets responsible for initiating life on planet Earth: Study

While more than 140 different molecules have already been identified in the interstellar medium, amino acids could not be traced.

building blocks

10 Apr 2016

Building blocks of life may have originated from comets

To obtain this result, scientists at the National Centre for Scientific Research in France (CNRS) created an artificial comet and carried out a highly detailed analysis.

06 Apr 2016

Comets, asteroids made Mars habitable

Turns out, massive bombardment that occurred some four billion years ago by comets and asteroids as large as West Virginia may have made Mars more likely to support life.

04 Apr 2016

Is 'Planet X' responsible for mass extinctions on Earth?

The yet undiscovered 'Planet X' may trigger comet showers linked to mass extinctions on our planet, say researchers.

25 Dec 2015

Giant comets may pose danger to life on Earth

Known severe upsets of the terrestrial environment and interruptions in the progress of ancient civilisations, together with our growing knowledge of interplanetary matter in near-Earth space, indicate the arrival of a centaur around 30,000 years ago.

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

01 Dec 2015

NASA celebrates 20 years of SOHO in space with stunning video – Watch

SOHO also found an unexpected role as the greatest comet hunter of all time - reaching 3,000 comet discoveries in September 2015.

27 Nov 2015

Astronomers conclude bizzare star KIC 8462852 swarmed by comets

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that the unusual light signals coming from a star called KIC 8462852 are likely coming from dusty comet fragments swarming around it.

10 Oct 2015

Doomsday is not near, NASA reassures amid collision rumours

A giant asteroid - around 2.5 kms in diameter - is heading towards Earth. An asteroid of its size has the potential to cause global devastation if it was to hit Earth, but NASA said the space rock poses no danger to us.

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