Comet breakups are a timely topic right now. The interstellar comet 2I/Borisov just broke into at least two pieces. And…
In 2019, amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov discovered a comet, which now bears his name. There's a long history of amateur…
Why is there so little nitrogen in Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P)? That's a question scientists asked themselves when they looked at…
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, has imaged an outburst from the comet 46P/Wirtanen. It caught the outburst in what…
A team of astronomers from Yale have taken the clearest picture of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov to date, showcasing its…
A new study suggests that comets and asteroids that graze Earth's atmosphere might be responsible for the spread of life…
Leave it up to the good ole Hubble Space Telescope. The workhorse telescope has given us a photo of the…
An international team of astronomers recently obtained spectra from the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, which confirmed the presence of cyanide gas.
It seems that comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is not the stoic, unchanging Solar System traveller that it might seem to be. Scientists…
A recent study by members of i4is shows how we could intercept future interstellar visitors using existing technology.