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Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major ...

New research suggests a comet explosion helped cause ice age extinctions, sudden cooling, and the loss of early human cultures.

On January 2, 2004, NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by comet Wild 2 to collect some comet dust and bring it back to Earth.

When 3I/ATLAS swept past the sun in late October 2025, it became only the third confirmed visitor from interstellar space ...

The small, icy visitor now racing away from the inner solar system is not just another comet. It is an interstellar object, ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS showed measurable water activity after passing the Sun, observed by SOHO’s SWAN instrument, ...

Scientists are continuing to strengthen the case that a fragmented comet exploded in Earth's atmosphere nearly 13,000 years ...

The 1908 Tunguska comet changes the direction of history and gives rise to a weird new reality in this acclaimed epic from the Polish author ...

Learn about the 3I/ATLAS mystery as Harvard's Avi Loeb reveals 'wobbling jets' that could suggest the interstellar visitor is ...

As 3I/ATLAS starts its long, lonely journey into the cold depths of interstellar space, it leaves behind a trail of data that ...

A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within ...