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This is how water may have originated on Earth. New study makes startling revelations about cometsScientists have revisited the theory that Earth's water came from icy comets. New research suggests cometary dust might alter deuterium mea...- Building blocks of life found in comet by NASA researchersWhile until recently, scientists thought that the formation of amino acids like glycine required energy, setting clear constraints to the e...
- NASA to send probe to Titan or a comet by 2025Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) NASA has picked two concepts for a solar system mission planned to launch in the mid-2020s -- a comet sample retu...
- Freon found around infant star deals blow to search for aliensNew York, Oct 3 (IANS) In a big blow to finding signs of life on other planets, astronomers have detected faint molecular fingerprint of me...
- Rosetta probe records growing crack on cometNew York, March 22 (IANS) A large and growing crack on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko recorded by European Space Agency's Rosetta miss...
- Russia supplies alpha-emitter for India's Chandrayaan-2Chennai, Feb 14 (IANS) Russian company Isotope (part of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation) on Tuesday said it has supplied Cm-244 alp...
- Don't miss the final image that Rosetta capturedWashington, Oct 1 (IANS) A new image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by the European Space Agencys (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft sh...
- Rosetta comet mission set for final rendezvous in spaceLondon/Washington, Sep 29 (IANS) The European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta mission is set to complete its historic 12-year journey in a con...
- Trailblazing Rosetta mission comes to an end on FridayLondon, Sep 26 (IANS) European Space Agency's Rosetta, the first probe in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Su...
- Comets may have sparked life on Earth: StudyNow, for the first time, repeated detections at a comet have been confirmed by Rosetta in Comet 67P/C-G's fuzzy atmosphere, or coma.
- Water ice found on surface of comet 67PResearchers have identified two large patches of water ice on the surface of comet 67P, perhaps the most studied comet in history.
- NASA's solar-powered Jupiter probe sets new distance record"We use every known technique to see through Jupiter's clouds and reveal the secrets Jupiter holds of our solar system's early history," sa...
- Oxygen detected on comet for first timeThe finding suggests the oxygen molecules were incorporated into the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during its formation.
- Mysterious pits on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet are actually enormous sinkholesThe sinkholes were recently discovered on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by a team of researchers at the University of Maryland.
- Philae comet landing named physics breakthrough of the yearThe first ever landing of a man-made probe onto a comet by ESA's Philae spacecraft has been named Physics World Breakthrough of the Year fo...
- Learning with the Times: Comets originate beyond orbits of outermost planetComets are space debris or leftover fragments after the formation of the solar system. They originate from a region beyond the orbits of th...
- Comet craft Philae lander starts drilling; location still soughtTwo harpoons that should have anchored the washing machine-sized Philae to the surface did not properly deploy when it hit the comet.
- ISRO releases picture of comet taken by Mars OrbiterOn a day when European Space Agency is attempting to place a robot Philae on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ISRO today released images of...
- European spacecraft to land on comet in NovemberPhilae's landing site, currently known as Site J, is located on the smaller of the comet's two 'lobes', with a backup site on the larger lo...
- Europe's Rosetta makes a historical first by arriving at a comet after a 10-year chaseESA's comet-chasing space probe woke up from a 31 month long hibernation on January 20, 2014, nine million kilometres from the comet.
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