Tag: Comets

Washington: A team of researchers has unveiled closest-ever details about the evolution of a comet that was in headlines last year when the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission helped its Philae lander touch down on the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (C-G). The study helps scientists better understand how comets form in the first place, how their […]

Washington: A newly discovered comet could only be the second intersteller object scientists have found after ‘Oumuamua. 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. The object – designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) – […]