Robots chasing tail Once thought a portent of doom, or a sign of the impending death of kings, nowadays a comet makes a good target to launch a mission at. Here’s a site on the comet interceptor mission. The European space mission that plans to ambush a comet Here’s an article on the comet near the sun that is no more. Telescopes watch the sun bake a comet to death And here are some sites on the biggest comet known. Behold: The biggest known comet in our solar system Giant comet was active way farther from the sun than expected, scientists confirm