Science Nov 20 NASA releases close-up pictures of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Science Aug 07 Hubble Space Telescope captures image of comet visiting from another solar system The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Science Jul 03 NASA says new interstellar comet it spotted will keep a safe distance from Earth The newest visitor is 416 million miles from the sun, out near Jupiter, and heading this way at a blistering 37 miles per second. It's officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system and poses no… By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Science Apr 21 A green comet is fading fast after its trip around the sun “We'll soon be left with just a dusty rubble pile.”… By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press
Science Oct 12 Two comets from the spooky Oort Cloud are passing by our planet as Halloween approaches The Oort Cloud’s residents may be a reason why life ignited on Earth; crashing on our planet eons ago, these ice bodies may have supplied at least some of the water that all life requires. At the same time, these… By James Wray, The Conversation
Jan 27 Earth prepares for a close encounter with ‘Green Comet’ not seen since the Stone Age By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. NASA says the dirty snowball last visited during Neanderthal times. It will come within 26 million miles of Earth. Continue reading
Dec 10 Rosetta spacecraft finds water on Earth didn’t come from comets By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Where did Earth's water come from? For years, scientists believed comets could have delivered it to Earth. But the Rosetta spacecraft revealed today that is not the case. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch Tracking killer comets before they strike By PBS News Hour It's only a matter of time before a big comet or asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. Will scientists discover it, and be able to do something about it, ahead of time? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch How Rosetta can help decipher a comet’s secrets By PBS News Hour After a 10-year journey, the space probe Rosetta is orbiting a comet. The spacecraft is slated to follow the comet for more than a year on its way toward the sun. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Mark McCaughrean, senior scientific advisor… Continue watching