ESO Captures Beautiful Image of Comet ISON

ESO Captures Beautiful Image of Comet ISON

The image was collected from the driest desert in the world

Comet Encke to Graze the Sun on November 21

Comet Encke to Graze the Sun on November 21

The object returns periodically to the inner solar system

Rosetta's Final Picture Before Departing for Faraway Comet

Rosetta's Final Picture Before Departing for Faraway Comet

The spacecraft images a massive storm in Earth's atmosphere

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 8th, 2013
Comet ISON May Be Sprouting a New Ion Tail

Comet ISON May Be Sprouting a New Ion Tail

The structure began being observed just a few days ago

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 6th, 2013
Life on Earth May Have Been Impossible Without Meteorite and Comet Impacts

Life on Earth May Have Been Impossible Without Meteorite and Comet Impacts

Researcher presents all-encompassing theory on how life first emerged

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 30th, 2013
Life on Earth Emerged “in the Bowels of Hell,” Paleontologist Says

Life on Earth Emerged “in the Bowels of Hell,” Paleontologist Says

Meteors, comets brought the “ingredients” for life on our planet, jump-started everything

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 16th, 2013
Scientists Announce Discovery of “Cosmic Factory” That Makes the Building Blocks of Life

Scientists Announce Discovery of “Cosmic Factory” That Makes the Building Blocks of Life

Paper sheds light on how amino acids come into being

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 6th, 2013
Life on Our Planet Came from Outer Space, Researchers Say

Life on Our Planet Came from Outer Space, Researchers Say

Icy comets carrying life-building compounds crashed into Earth billions of years ago

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 4th, 2012
Nearby Star Is Surrounded by a Cloud of Comets

Nearby Star Is Surrounded by a Cloud of Comets

The discovery was made by a European space telescope

Bright Comet to Fly by Earth in 2013

Bright Comet to Fly by Earth in 2013

The object could make itself visible to the naked eye, in daytime

Spitzer Sees Rain of Comets Around Nearby Star

Spitzer Sees Rain of Comets Around Nearby Star

Infrared data suggest numerous collisions are taking place in the star system

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 13th, 2012
Inner Asteroid Belt May Have Supplied Earth's Waters

Inner Asteroid Belt May Have Supplied Earth's Waters

If that was indeed the case, this happened eons ago

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 26th, 2012
New Evidence Backs Up Panspermia

New Evidence Backs Up Panspermia

The theory details how life spreads between planets

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 18th, 2012
Gamma-Ray Mission Studies Dust-Rich Comet

Gamma-Ray Mission Studies Dust-Rich Comet

The object is currently heading away from Earth

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 12th, 2012
Countless Comets Destroyed Around Fomalhaut Each Day

Countless Comets Destroyed Around Fomalhaut Each Day

European instrument observes what can be described as a stellar “massacre”

Comets May Have Delivered Amino Acids to Early Earth

Comets May Have Delivered Amino Acids to Early Earth

This may have opened the way for the emergence of life here

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 16th, 2012
Jupiter Is Both Earth's Friend and Foe

Jupiter Is Both Earth's Friend and Foe

The planet dictates our chances of being hit by comets

 
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