Recent observations have revealed carbon monoxide venting from the largest comet ever seen, providing clues about its origins ...

Comet's Surface Surprises NASA June 17, 2004 / 2:39 PM EDT / AP When scientists sent a spacecraft to get a close look at a comet, they thought they knew what they'd see.

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Without actually going to a comet's surface and testing out some stuff, I am going to have to make some assumptions. Comet 67P is spherical and locally flat.

The spacecraft’s images of comet 67P/Guryumov-Gerasimenko’s surface reveal a rugged environment, covered with jagged rock and sharp cliffs. Now its lander, Philae, has snapped the first-ever ...

Comets are our cosmic time capsules and can reveal a lot about the early solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Footage of two comets plunging into the surface of the sun was taken by a NASA probe on October 22.. Captured by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, which was launched by ...

Comets’ orbits can be very long, meaning they may spend most of their time in far-off reaches of the solar system. An object will orbit faster the closer it is to the Sun, as angular momentum is ...

Rosetta's mission, which ended with a controlled impact on the comet's surface on September 30, 2016, provided a treasure trove of data.