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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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Astronomers have seen similar behavior in some comets from our own solar system.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

The measurements suggest that the ice inside 3I/ATLAS formed under, or was later exposed to, conditions very different from those experienced by most comets in our solar system.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 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

Where a nova could possibly be regarded as a miracle, a comet was too commonplace an occurrence to be handled in this way, so if comets were supralunary phenomena, Aristotle was wrong.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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