A separate symbol depicting a V worn around the neck ... the calendar as a way to memorialize the date when a swarm of comet fragments hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago, the researchers claimed.

The possible comet strikehas long been a source of fascination — and disagreement — between scientists. If the V-symbol hypothesis is correct, it could provide groundbreaking support for the ...

There’s always another comet. Last year there was much ballyhoo over the so-called “devil comet,” some will-it-won’t-it drama of Tsunchinshan-ATLAS, and the sudden discovery (and quick ...

Marking a massive comet strike as the start, inhabitants used symbols to record every astronomical event, including those as small as single days. The summer solstice was called out on the ...

which is to be expected given their world had been devastated by a comet strike,” Martin Sweatman, a co-author of the study, says. The researchers say the strange V-shaped symbols carved onto ...