comets

No, You Don't Have to Worry (Much) About Getting Clobbered by an Asteroid

By Jeffrey Kluger

How the Sun Protects Earth From Getting Clobbered By an Asteroid

By Jeffrey Kluger

Giant Comets Could Collide With Earth

By Victor Luckerson

Scientists Have Found a Comet That Can Get You Drunk

By Jeffrey Kluger
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NASA's Visit to Pluto Begins

A remarkable spacecraft approaches the solar system's ninth planet (and yes, it's a planet)

By Alan Stern

You Can Quit Thanking Comets for Your Water

A new finding from the Rosetta spacecraft upsets a longstanding theory

By Michael D. Lemonick

Good News! 5 Things to Be Grateful For This Thanksgiving

It's been a dismal month, but you can give thanks for these tidbits of good news

By Charlotte Alter

Strange Visitors From the Edge of the Solar System

A pair of sort-of comets pose a puzzle for astronomers

By Michael D. Lemonick

What's Cooler Than One Comet? A Storm of Them

A stunning sighting around a nearby star offers a glimpse of our own solar system billions of years ago

By Michael D. Lemonick

The Hunt for Super Pluto Comes Up Empty—For Now

An exhaustive sky survey reveals no sign of a fabled Planet X, but plenty of other cool discoveries

By Michael D. Lemonick

Interactive Comet Tracker

(Update: Thanksgiving Day, 2:18 PM ET: Astronomers working with NASA’s Comet ISON Observing Campaign (CIOC) continue to monitor ISON’s progress as it swings around the sun. No word yet on its condition, though the CIOC...

By Chris Wilson and Jeffrey Kluger
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