October 26, 2015 Comet Lovejoy appears to be a well-stocked bar in space The famous comet has been found to be releasing huge amounts of alcohol as well as a type of sugar in space, according to NASA. This marks the first time that ethyl alcohol, the same type found in alcoholic beverages, has been observed in a comet.
October 22, 2015 Russians want 'Satan' missile shield to save us from asteroids An old ballistic missile system should be modified to defend Earth from asteroids, a Russian scientist says, citing a major explosion over the Urals earlier this year.
October 21, 2015 Philae lander detects organic molecules in comet’s atmosphere The Philae probe has detected organic molecules on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, according to scientists analyzing data from the lander.
October 21, 2015 Geminids meteor shower set for Friday night The annual Geminids meteor shower — the most intense of the year — will peak Friday night.
October 21, 2015 ISON's ghost: 'Comet of the century' likely no longer exists Sad news, comet fans: ISON is no more. It’s a vaporized husk of its former self. A sublimated dirty snowball. Comet ISON is an ex-comet and this time it’s not playing.
October 21, 2015 First evidence of comet striking Earth found in Egypt A team of scientists claims to have found the first-ever definitive evidence of a comet striking Earth.
October 21, 2015 Meteor shower from Halley's Comet peaks this weekend Early Sunday (May 5), just before dawn, we'll have an opportunity to see some of the remnants of the most famous of comets briefly light up the early morning sky.
October 21, 2015 Comet strikes may have jump-started life on Earth Life's building blocks can form in the harsh environment of deep space, a new study suggests, bolstering the odds that a comet or meteorite strike may have jump-started biological evolution on Earth.
October 21, 2015 Russian meteor blast recalls massive 1908 'Tunguska event' The site of Friday's spectacular 10-ton meteor blast is roughly 3,000 miles west of Tunguska, which in 1908 was the site of the largest recorded explosion of a space object plunging to Earth.
October 21, 2015 About 1,100 injured as meteorite hits Russia with force of atomic bomb A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring about 1,100 people.
