Comet ISON to zip past Sun at 1.3 mn km/h on Thanksgiving

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 16:05

Astronomers and amateur sky-gazers are waiting with bated breaths as the Comet ISON hurtles towards the Sun for a close encounter on Thanksgiving.

NASA releases GIF image of comet ISON

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 16:43

Images of comets ISON and 2P/Encke on their journey through the solar system have been released by the US space agency.

Comet ISON brightening up as it nears sun

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 19:16

The highly anticipated Comet ISON is brightening fast just days from its fateful hairpin turn on November 28th around the broiling surface of the Sun.

Comet ISON may have lost more fragments in past few days

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 11:59

One or more fragments could have gotten detached from comet ISON in the past days, as two wing-shaped features in the comet`s atmosphere suggest.

US micro-observatory captures images of comet ISON

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 12:50

A retired teacher Bruce Mellin has clicked new pictures of comet ISON with the help of MicroObservatory`s "Donald" telescope in Arizona.

Incoming comet ISON heading for close encounter with sun

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 10:45

A comet is heading for a close encounter with the sun later this month, and if it is not vaporized or torn apart, it should be visible to the naked eye in December.

NASA`s Hubble sees Comet ISON still intact

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 18:17

A new image of the sunward plunging Comet ISON taken by NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope suggests that the comet is still intact despite predictions that it may disintegrate as the Sun warms it.