Comet C/2019 Q4 gained a lot of attention when astronomers identified it as the second interstellar object ever discovered
Life may be common in the Milky Way, thanks to comet swapping
And Earth may be one of the primary donor worlds
Hubble spots the farthest inbound comet so far
This frozen traveller shows the earliest signs of activity
Chemicals on comets provide clearer snapshot of a young Solar System
These primordial bodies contain material largely unchanged from the birth of the Solar System some 4.6 billion years ago
Funky light signal provides evidence for black hole ‘death spiral’
Two space telescopes have provided the most compelling confirmation yet for a collision between two black holes
How big is the Solar System?
We find out how vast our solar neighbourhood really is
What do we know about the Oort Cloud?
It holds dwarf planets and it’s poisonous – that’s just two facts about this comet-laden object
Where did life on Earth come from?
Neil DeGrasse Tyson poses one of life’s biggest questions in this Sunday’s episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
What is the Oort cloud?
What is the is region of space at the edge of the Solar System?