Comets Glass reveals a ginormous comet exploded right above the Atacama desert 12,000 years ago We just learned a comet exploded over the desert some 12,000 years ago, and the evidence was trapped in glass. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 weeks ago How comets spawn could finally be demystified by a possible mission to a Centaur Researchers are now proposing a mission that will watch a Centaur evolve from asteroid to comet. By Elizabeth Rayne 4 weeks ago The case of the Centaurs that didn't bark in the night By Phil Plait 1 month ago Why did this comet disintegrate when its sibling was able to hold it together? By Phil Plait 3 months ago This asteroid fizzes like Pop Rocks in space (and could almost pass for a comet) By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago Don’t panic! But a gigantic comet is currently inbound toward the Sun By Phil Plait 5 months ago A dead comet that doesn't chafe By Phil Plait 7 months ago Is it dusty in here or is it just the 14 tons of meteorite dust that settles to Earth every day? By Phil Plait 7 months ago Comets from the edge of the solar system could have brought life-giving carbon to Earth billions of years ago By Elizabeth Rayne 8 months ago A comet makes a pit stop near Jupiter but will eventually get flung into interstellar space By Phil Plait 9 months ago Load More
Glass reveals a ginormous comet exploded right above the Atacama desert 12,000 years ago We just learned a comet exploded over the desert some 12,000 years ago, and the evidence was trapped in glass. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 weeks ago
How comets spawn could finally be demystified by a possible mission to a Centaur Researchers are now proposing a mission that will watch a Centaur evolve from asteroid to comet. By Elizabeth Rayne 4 weeks ago
Why did this comet disintegrate when its sibling was able to hold it together? By Phil Plait 3 months ago
This asteroid fizzes like Pop Rocks in space (and could almost pass for a comet) By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
Is it dusty in here or is it just the 14 tons of meteorite dust that settles to Earth every day? By Phil Plait 7 months ago
Comets from the edge of the solar system could have brought life-giving carbon to Earth billions of years ago By Elizabeth Rayne 8 months ago
A comet makes a pit stop near Jupiter but will eventually get flung into interstellar space By Phil Plait 9 months ago
