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  Newly spotted comet may be interstellar visitor

  Science | September 14, 2019 7:25 IST

  The new comet - designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) - appears to have originated from outside the solar system, but it has not yet been officially confirmed, NASA said on Thursday.

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  VIDEO | Comet's death dive captured on camera, sungrazer rams into sun

  Science | August 17, 2019 12:19 IST

  An amazing video captured by the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a spacecraft jointly launched by NASA and the European Space Agency in 1995, shows how a comet getting fully destroyed while diving towards the sun.

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  Stargazers to witness yet another celestial treat as brightest comet to pass by Earth today

  Science | December 16, 2018 11:17 IST

  First discovered by astronomer Carl Wirtanen in 1948, 46P/Wirtanen, with a width of 1.1 kilometres, orbits the Sun fairly quickly for a comet — once every 5.4 years — making it a short-period comet.

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  In a first, NASA’s Hubble telescope observes two 'comet-like' asteroids orbiting each other between Mars and Jupiter

  Science | September 22, 2017 12:32 IST

  Understanding its origin and evolution may provide new insights into the early days of the solar system, NASA said

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  Comet strike may have led to ancient global warming event, claims study

  World | October 14, 2016 18:16 IST

  A comet strike may have triggered the rapid warming of Earth caused by an accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide 56 million years ago, which offers analogs to global warming today, researchers have found.

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  Goodbye, Rosetta! This is how you can watch the end of an amazing mission today

  World | September 30, 2016 12:05 IST

  The European Space Agency is all set to crash its historical Rosetta spacecraft into a comet, two years after it began its probe in 2014. The Rosetta mission will end with a controlled descent

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  WATCH: European Space Agency's historical Rosetta to crash into a comet this Friday

  World | September 29, 2016 11:29 IST

  The European Space Agency is in the process of making final preparations to crash its Rosetta spacecraft that began its probe in 2014 into a comet. Rosetta arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August 6, 2014,

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  See Pic! NASA's Hubble space telescope captures incredible image of a comet breaking apart

  World | September 18, 2016 11:05 IST

  NASA's Hubble space telescope has captured amazing images of the most detailed observation of a comet breaking apart 108 million kilometres from Earth. The images was taken over three days in January 2016, Hubble showed

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  VIDEO! Comet killed plunging into the sun at a million miles per hour

  World | August 05, 2016 12:03 IST

  An amazing video captured by the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a spacecraft jointly launched by NASA and the European Space Agency in 1995, shows how a comet getting fully destroyed while diving towards

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  Comet lander Philae awakes from hibernation

  World | June 14, 2015 21:04 IST

  Berlin: The comet lander Philae has awoken from a seven-month hibernation and managed to communicate with Earth for more than a minute, the European Space Agency said Sunday.The probe became the first spacecraft to land

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  Comet landing 'Breakthrough of the Year': Physics World

  World | December 13, 2014 12:45 IST

  Washington:  The landing of the Philae probe, the first by a man-made probe on a comet, has been named Breakthrough of the Year 2014 by Physics World magazine."History was made at 15:35 GMT on 12

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  Philae probe drills into comet, turns toward light

  World | November 15, 2014 7:35 IST

  Berlin: The spacecraft that landed on a comet performed two tricky maneuvers on Friday, by drilling into the rocky surface and rotating itself to catch more sunlight.Both operations carried considerable risks, because they could have

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  ISRO releases picture of comet taken by Mars Orbiter

  India | November 12, 2014 16:10 IST

  Chennai:  On a day when European Space Agency (ESA) is attempting to place a robot Philae on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ISRO today released images of Comet Siding Spring, taken by its Mars Orbiter last month.ISRO's Mars

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  Comet flyby caused intense meteor shower on Mars

  World | November 08, 2014 11:04 IST

  Washington: The comet Siding Spring that buzzed past Mars Oct 19 caused an intense meteor shower and added a new layer of ions, or charged particles, to the ionosphere, NASA said.The effect of the comet

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  European spacecraft set for date with comet on Nov 12

  World | November 07, 2014 12:15 IST

  Washington: The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is now less than a week away from landing a robotic probe on a comet - a first-ever soft landing of a spacecraft on a space object.After sailing

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  Delhi Metro second best in customer satisfaction

  India | September 28, 2014 13:26 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi Metro has been ranked second best among 18 international Metro systems in terms of customer satisfaction, an official statement said on Sunday.According to a survey by the Global Metro Benchmarking Groups

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  'Marsageddon' comet could hit Mars in 2014

  World | March 12, 2013 12:02 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 11: A massive comet heading towards Mars is providing a stark reminder of the dangers we face from space.In the wake of the recent Russian meteor more people than ever are now