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RIP Comet Leonard: Brightest comet to whiz past Earth in 2021 is now a blur of dust.
Comet Leonard, the brightest comet to whiz past Earth in 2021, has likely disintegrated.
Largest comet ever observed bumps Hale-Bopp from pedestal
The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet is officially the largest ever observed, according to new measurements.
Comet impact may have triggered decline of Ohio's Hopewell people 1,600 years ago
Comet fragments may have exploded over Ohio 1,600 years ago, triggering a violent airburst and starting wildfires that devastated the Hopewell people's crops and the landscape.
Climate scientist and Netflix 'Don't Look Up' director talk comet metaphors and global warming (exclusive)
Adam McKay, creator of Netflix's popular satire-comedy movie "Don't Look Up," and climate scientist Kate Marvel talk why the world needs more films like the comet metaphor movie.
Comet Leonard puts on a final, spectacular display with ion tail in solar wind
Comet Leonard is falling out of view, but not without putting on one last show.
Rosetta's 'rubber ducky' comet makes closest approach to Earth, will disappear for 200 years
Comet 67P, which famously hosted the first-ever cometary lander in 2014, made its closest approach to Earth on Friday (Nov. 12).
Mysterious glass in the Atacama Desert may be from an ancient exploding comet
An ancient comet may have burnt sand into mysterious pieces of twisted glass, according to a new study.
This mysterious comet's super-bright outbursts have astronomers puzzled
One of the strangest comets in the solar system has been erupting with unpredictable bright outbursts since late September and nobody knows why.
