If the comet ISON makes it out intact from its encounter with the Sun this week, the Earth is in for a potentially dazzling sight in the December night skies as it passes close to Earth and out ...

In a reversal that would make a comic book writer blush, scientists seem ready to resurrect Comet ISON after its untimely Thanksgiving demise. Over the holidays, NASA brought leading astronomers ...

STOCKHOLM – A comet that gained an earthly following because of its bright tail visible from space was initially declared dead after essentially grazing the sun. Now, there is a silver of hope that ...

A workshop will be held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., on Aug. 1-2, 2013, to maximize the scientific opportunities and data gathered during the ...

Comet ISON has had an outburst in recent days. It’s now barely visible to the eye alone in dark skies! Plus now near a bright star. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link ...

All I had to do was write about Comet ISON's fading yesterday and today news comes of another outburst and a possible breakup. Astronomer Emmanuel Jehin of the TRAPPIST team, using a 60-cm telescope ...

Within days after a new comet is first discovered, astronomers can tell you exactly what its path through the solar system will look like. They can calculate when it will make its closest approach to ...

There were hopes over the weekend that ISON might have survived its close encounter with the sun. But "with more than a little sadness," the space... Comet ISON Is No More, NASA Says Comet ISON, a ...

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