comet

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The research team plans to continue analyzing gases released by the comet.

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

In addition, the elevated platinum levels persisted for about 14 years, indicating a sustained process rather than a sudden event like a meteorite or comet impact.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Columbus was not ‘responsible’ for the existence of America, nor Galileo for the moons of Jupiter, nor Hailey for the return of Hailey’s comet, although certainly the credit for these discoveries belongs to them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton