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`Comet of the Century` already may have fizzled out

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 10:19

Astronomers slated to meet this week to discuss observing plans for Comet ISON may not have much to talk about.

Massive CO2 emissions observed on comet ISON

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 12:51

NASA`s Spitzer Space Telescope has observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later this year.

New images show comet ISON speeding towards Sun

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 20:09

Gemini Observatory has taken a new series of images that shows Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun.

Hubble photographs newly discovered comet ISON

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 12:33

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of a recently discovered, highly active comet that will skim 730,000 miles above the Sun`s surface on Nov. 28.

Comet ISON making first-ever trip through solar system

Last Updated: Saturday, March 30, 2013, 19:21

Astronomers used NASA`s Swift satellite to check out comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), which may become one of the most dazzling in decades when it goes around the sun later this year.

Newly discovered comet to give brightest `sky` show ever next winter

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 19:04

The newly discovered comet ISON could give sky watchers one of the brightest shows ever in the night sky during its close-up with the Sun beginning November 2013, according to researchers.

Newly-discovered comet `may outshine moon`

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 13:41

Astronomers, including one of Indian origin, gave said that a newly-discovered comet could become one of the brightest lights in the sky - even outshining the Moon.