Hope Remains Over the Fate of Comet Ison


The scene had all the gravity of a tragedy. The Comet Ison was to pass close to the sun and it might not emerge in one piece from the blazing encounter. The scientists’ telescopes were pointed in the...

Comet ISON Observed in the Night Sky


NASA’s probe which was quite close to Mercury sent back photographs of Comet ISON to earth. Several other space missions are also on standby to record the journey of the comet through its path across...

Comet ISON Going on Peak This November


Comets are ephemeral objects that come and go. Maybe the most prominent one happens to be Halley’s Comet which passes by earth’s orbit every 75 years or so. The last time it appeared was in 1986 and...