Collaborate Disseminate
ESA has given the green light to launch a triple spacecraft mission designed to make the first flyby of a comet visiting the inner solar system for the first time. Part of the space agency’s Cosmic Vision Programme, the “Comet Interceptor” mi… Continue reading ESA announces triple-spacecraft mission to intercept an incoming "dynamically new" comet
Earth is a famously wet planet, but where all that water came from in the first place remains a mystery. The most commonly-accepted theory is that comets and asteroids delivered it via impacts during the early days of Earth, and now a NASA st… Continue reading Earth-buzzing comet found carrying "ocean-like" water
Hippocamp may have been forged by the fallout of an impact billions of years ago. Continue reading Astronomers Officially Name the Newest Moon of Neptune
The Hubble Space Telescope is filling out its gallery of distant Messier objects. Continue reading We Have 12 New Hubble Images of the Universe and It’s Looking Gorgeous
Philae wins longest game of hide and seek. Continue reading Philae Found! Comet Chaser Rosetta Spots Lander Weeks Before Its Death
“Catching an event like this was pure luck.” Continue reading Watch a Comet Outburst from the Rosetta Orbiter’s Perspective
In space, no one can hear you scream. Continue reading We’ll Never Hear From the Philae Comet Lander Again, Sob
From the Bayeux Tapestry to early American photography. Continue reading Comets, Meteors, and Other Space Phenomena Depicted Over 1,000 Years