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Illustration of Comet Encke

Swarm of Near-Earth Comets Linked to Recent Ice Giant Breakup

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An Asteroid Didn't Kill Off the Dinosaurs — a Comet Did

Interstellar Comet Clark looms behind a world tinged orange by fire in the new disaster movie "Greenland." (Credit: STXfilms)

Attack of the Interstellar Comet

planet nine - R. Hurt/IPAC/Caltech

5 NASA Science Projects That Can Help Teach Kids Astronomy

Catch an interstellar comet by the tail: A hovering spacecraft (statite) would lie in wait, then use the Sun's gravity to dive in toward an object of interest. (Credit: Richard Linares)

How to Explore the Stars Without Ever Leaving Home

An "asteroid field" according to the Star Wars movies. In reality, the asteroid belt in our solar system is mostly a whole lot of nothingness. (Credit: Lucasfilm)

Space is Big, Empty and Very, Very Lonely

'Oumuamua - ESO

Alien Space Rock ‘Oumuamua May be Chunk of a Shredded World

Proxima b Illustration

Could Alien Life Travel on Interstellar Asteroids and Comets like 'Oumuamua?

Scientists Chronicle the Shifting Colors of a Comet's 'Seasons'

Borisov interstellar alien comet

The First Interstellar Comet Could Disintegrate When it Gets Close to the Sun

Centaur Schwassman-Wachmann 1

An ‘Orbital Gateway’ Can Guide Comets to the Inner Solar System

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New Interstellar Comet is ‘Very Red’, Initial Results Show

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