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1964 Mercury Comet Sitting in the Desert Costs As Much as a New iPhone
1964 Mercury Comet Sitting in the Desert Costs As Much as a New iPhone

27 Dec 2023, 04:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A 1964 Comet that's been sitting for many years is looking for a second chance, promising a working engine and a solid shape

 
Only the Bravest Can Save This 1965 Mercury Comet From Becoming a Rust Bucket
Only the Bravest Can Save This 1965 Mercury Comet From Becoming a Rust Bucket

14 Dec 2023, 19:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A Mercury Comet that's been sitting for years is this close to becoming a rust bucket; the car's only destination might be a parts car

 
1964 Mercury Comet Sitting in a Field Flexes V8 Muscle, Looks Complete
1964 Mercury Comet Sitting in a Field Flexes V8 Muscle, Looks Complete

5 Dec 2023, 17:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A second-generation Mercury Comet pictured parked in a field aims for a complete restoration if it can find a new home online

 
Here's a 1966 Mercury Comet Race Car That Really Doesn't Want to Abandon the Fight
Here's a 1966 Mercury Comet Race Car That Really Doesn't Want to Abandon the Fight

17 Nov 2023, 18:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This Mercury Comet was a race car "most of its life," and despite looking like it's been sitting for a long time, it's now ready for a second chance

 
The De Havilland Comet: The Engineering Disaster Inceptor of Civilian Jet Aviation
The De Havilland Comet: The Engineering Disaster Inceptor of Civilian Jet Aviation

8 Apr 2023, 20:08 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Seven decades ago, the first passenger jet-engined airplane made the sensational switch in flight travel from noisy propellers to fast turbine-powered luxury

 
Humans Are Now Planning to Ambush a Comet in Space and Strip It of Its Secrets
Humans Are Now Planning to Ambush a Comet in Space and Strip It of Its Secrets

19 Feb 2023, 00:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) is getting ready to launch a comet hunting mission targeting comets fresh to our solar system

 
New Spacecraft in Development, Will Hide Behind Earth and Stalk Unsuspecting Comets
New Spacecraft in Development, Will Hide Behind Earth and Stalk Unsuspecting Comets

16 Dec 2022, 12:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency's Comet Interceptor is a spacecraft with no set target, will be placed in orbit waiting for the right one to come along

 
Mercury Cyclone GT Makes Feisty Digital Comeback, Modern Version Feels Spot on
Mercury Cyclone GT Makes Feisty Digital Comeback, Modern Version Feels Spot on

25 Nov 2022, 15:54 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Mridul Basist, a 22-year-old automotive concept and design freelancer better known as “bimbledesigns” on social media, continues his suspenseful HotCars collab

 
NASA's DART Mission Was a Success, Asteroid's Orbit Has Changed
NASA's DART Mission Was a Success, Asteroid's Orbit Has Changed

12 Oct 2022, 10:32 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / NASA has confirmed that a thorough analysis of data over the past two weeks has shown that its DART mission was a success. Here's what you need to know

 
DART Is Not NASA's First Mission To Crash Into an Asteroid, Let's Take a Look Back
DART Is Not NASA's First Mission To Crash Into an Asteroid, Let's Take a Look Back

4 Sep 2022, 16:43 UTC · By: Angela Balaciu / NASA has a long history of investigating asteroids and comets, as well as just smashing into them, sometimes because they wanted to

 
Oort Cloud Comet Heading This Way, Someone Imagined It Impacting the Moon
Oort Cloud Comet Heading This Way, Someone Imagined It Impacting the Moon

5 Jul 2022, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On July 14, a comet called C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) will reach its closest point to Earth, 168 million miles (270 million km) away, yet here it is hitting the Moon

 
1973 Mercury Comet Comes Out of 23-Year Dry Storage, No Rust at All
1973 Mercury Comet Comes Out of 23-Year Dry Storage, No Rust at All

15 May 2022, 21:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This Comet was daily driven until 1999 when it was eventually moved into long-term storage; the car has recently been pulled in great condition

 
NASA’s Comet Rocket Is What Should Have Kickstarted the Colonization of the Moon
NASA’s Comet Rocket Is What Should Have Kickstarted the Colonization of the Moon

16 Apr 2022, 02:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video animation shows the never-made NASA Comet rocket taking off, should have put humans on the Moon back in the 2010s.

 
Largest Comet Ever Discovered Is Toying With Our Solar System, Let’s Hope It Stays Away
Largest Comet Ever Discovered Is Toying With Our Solar System, Let’s Hope It Stays Away

9 Feb 2022, 12:15 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet is estimated to be five and a half times as long as Mars’ Olympus Mons, the solar system’s tallest mountain

 
Upcoming Comet Leonard Is This Year’s Brightest One, a Once-in-a-Lifetime Event
Upcoming Comet Leonard Is This Year’s Brightest One, a Once-in-a-Lifetime Event

25 Nov 2021, 06:10 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Close to Christmas, the Universe gives us the gift of a beautiful comet that will be incredibly bright, fast, and unique

 
Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower Light Up the Night Sky This Summer
Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower Light Up the Night Sky This Summer

15 Jul 2021, 11:27 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / This year's Perseid meteor shower is here! The Perseids will be visible acrros the Northern Hemisphere from mid-July to mid-August.

 
Comet Wirtanen Passed by Earth Reeking of Alcohol, Because Comets Do That Now
Comet Wirtanen Passed by Earth Reeking of Alcohol, Because Comets Do That Now

6 Jul 2021, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Scientists looking at the Comet Wirtanen's pass by Earth three years ago found it released abnormally high amounts of alcohol.

 
Huge Oort Cloud Object Now in Our Solar System, May Turn Into a Comet
Huge Oort Cloud Object Now in Our Solar System, May Turn Into a Comet

24 Jun 2021, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An object originating into the Oort cloud is moving into our solar system; it may become the largest comet ever discovered

 
Rare 1966 Mercury Comet Convertible Has the Caliente Looks of a Beach Cruiser
Rare 1966 Mercury Comet Convertible Has the Caliente Looks of a Beach Cruiser

18 Jan 2021, 13:53 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / This is an intermediate, third-generation Comet in Caliente trim, which bodes well with the red body and white top selection, as well as the low mileage of 17k

 
Home Star of Oumuamua Interstellar Object Narrowed Down to Four Possibilities
Home Star of Oumuamua Interstellar Object Narrowed Down to Four Possibilities

26 Sep 2018, 13:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Team of astronomers say four stars from the Gaia DR2 stelar catalogue could be home of the Oumuamua interstellar object