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Europes Comet Interceptor probe will lurk in space, waiting for a pristine interstellar comet to zoom by.

The European Space Agency has approved the Comet Interceptor mission, which will use two probes to study an object just beginning its journey in the inner Solar System.

A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone.

The UK-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through the tail of a comet for the second time in its mission so far

The UK-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through the tail of a comet for the second time in its mission so far

The event was predicted in advance by astronomers at University College London, and the spacecraft has been able to collect a wealth of science data

Join Professor Marina Galand from the Department of Physics for her Imperial Inaugural.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has contracted Airbus to design and build the exoplanet satellite Ariel (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Larg

So far we know of only two interstellar objects (ISO) to visit our Solar System. They are Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. Theres a third possible ISO named CNEOS 2014-01-08, and research suggests there should be many more.

Thought to be a rare long-period comet that swings into the inner Solar System from the distant Oort Cloud, C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is an incredible find.