comet

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In addition, the elevated platinum levels persisted for about 14 years, indicating a sustained process rather than a sudden event like a meteorite or comet impact.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

This discovery was once seen as evidence that Earth may have been struck by a rare meteorite or comet.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

New research shows that the structure formed when an asteroid or comet struck the region roughly 43 to 46 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Each interstellar comet discovered so far has revealed something different about chemistry in other planetary systems.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

He’d play over the magazine’s featured games assiduously, following the exploits of eighteen-year-old Boris Spassky, the chess comet who’d won the World Junior Championship in 1955.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady