Comet

The PS (paddle steamer ) Comet was built in 1812 for Henry Bell, hotel and baths owner in Helensburgh, and began a passenger service on 15 August 1812 on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock that was the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe.

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NASA Just Captured Stunning Images of a Comet’s Fiery Tail

Requiem for a Comet: Amazing Reader Views of G3 ATLAS

TESS discovers rocky exoplanet (BD+05 4868Ab) orbiting so close to its star that its minerals evaporate, creating a comet-like tail [arxiv pre-print]

Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth

Comet set to outshine Venus in the night sky

Asteroid, Comet…or Something Else? Mysterious Activity on “Oddball” Space Object Raises New Questions

A strange asteroid-comet could be key to understanding the birth of the solar system

UCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” in space sharing properties of both a comet and an asteroid, giving clues to our Solar System’s origins in a newly published study.

Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Structure of a Comet

Historic First Landing on a Comet: How Philae Redefined Space Exploration

Mysterious, city-size 'centaur' comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption

Death of a Comet: S1 Didn’t Survive its Sungrazing Plummet

Death of a Comet: S1 Didn't Survive its Sungrazing Plummet

See the 'comet of the century' light up the night sky in breathtaking photos

Comet appears in the sky for the first time in 80,000 years, sprouts rare 2nd tail

Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to see bits of Halley's comet burn up in the night sky

Rare illusion gives 'once-in-a-lifetime' comet a seemingly impossible 2nd tail after closest approach to Earth for 80,000 years