- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 18th, 2013
ESO Captures Beautiful Image of Comet ISON
The image was collected from the driest desert in the world
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 12th, 2013
Comet Encke to Graze the Sun on November 21
The object returns periodically to the inner solar system
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 11th, 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
The discovery was made by a European space telescope
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 26th, 2012
Bright Comet to Fly by Earth in 2013
The object could make itself visible to the naked eye, in daytime
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 23rd, 2012
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
If that was indeed the case, this happened eons ago
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 26th, 2012
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
The object is currently heading away from Earth
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 12th, 2012
Countless Comets Destroyed Around Fomalhaut Each Day
European instrument observes what can be described as a stellar “massacre”
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 29th, 2012
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
The planet dictates our chances of being hit by comets