COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) announced on Tuesday, December 9, it has been awarded $15,750,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to replace its aging diesel buses with a hybrid-electric fleet.

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space telescopes and orbiters have been documenting the rare visit.

The giant dirty snowball has been seen dimming and brightening, akin to a ‘heartbeat’, according to one Harvard astrophysicist. Now, Nasa and its European counterpart have released new images of 31/ATLAS ahead of its close encounter with Earth on December 19.

Sometime in 2029, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch its Comet Interceptor Mission. The Interceptor will wait for a long-period comet to arrive in the inner solar system then set off on a trajectory to rendezvous with it. These objects are ...