comet

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Capturing a comet in the act of fragmenting is something the team had long hoped to achieve.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

"The irony is now we're just studying a regular comet and it crumbles in front of our eyes," said principal investigator Dennis Bodewits, also a professor in Auburn University's Department of Physics.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

New research shows that the structure formed when an asteroid or comet struck the region roughly 43 to 46 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Each interstellar comet discovered so far has revealed something different about chemistry in other planetary systems.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

All we need do is procure a sample of, say, Phobos or a comet and examine its magnesium isotopes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan