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comets

  • plural
    of comet.
    comet
    noun
    a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.

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Halley's Comet is one of the most famous comets in our Solar System and has been observed from Earth for centuries.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The software is designed to model collisions involving asteroids, comets, and planets.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

This occurs when the Earth passes through trials of debris from asteroids or comets.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Another branch of their work is planetary defence, which involves identifying threats like comets and asteroids.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

They pay almost no attention to all the moons and planets, asteroids and comets, quasars and pulsars, exploding galaxies, symbiotic stars, cataclysmic variables and X-ray sources that have been discovered since Ptolemy’s time.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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