comet

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In a remarkable stroke of luck, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed a comet in the middle of breaking apart.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

When a comet first breaks open, it exposes clean ice rather than dust.

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

This summer, that traveler entered our solar system and received the name 3I/ATLAS, becoming only the third confirmed interstellar comet ever observed.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

“I hear that excitement is the master of the hour, that you fling yourself through these dominions like a comet across the firmament. What’s the word, good Bod?”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman