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The article reports on the discovery of the comet C/2009P1 by astronomer Gordon Garradd in Australia on August 13, 2009. It observes that the comet brightens slowly as it moved through the southern skies, and it continues its northerly track throughout 2010 and emerged from conjunction with the Sun for the second time to become visible in Aquarius. Garradd describes the comet as a tailless object with an approximately circular coma of diameter 15 inches.

The article reports on the discovery of comet, designated C/2011 W3, by amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy in Brisbane, Queensland on November 27, 2011. It determines that the comet was a member of the Kreutz group of comets, which are presumed to have come from a single parent object and all of the group follow a similar orbital path. It predicts that the comet will pass a mere 180,000 kilometers from the solar surface during its perihelion passage on December 16, 2011.

The article reports on the possible return of the comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann in 2006. The return is favorable with perihelion on June 6, preceded by a very close approach to the Earth on May 12. Comet observers suggest that this close passage between Earth and the surviving fragments of the comet in May might be accompanied by enhanced activity from the associated Tau Herculid meteor shower.

The article discusses the C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS and 2014 E2 (Jacques) comets which can been seen this summer of 2014.

The article reports on the death of the C/2012 SI (ISON) comet which was discovered by astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok at the International Scientific Optical Network Observatory in Kislovodsk, Russia on September 21, 2012.

The article reports that comet PanSTARRS put on a show in the western sky in Great Britain throughout March and early April 2013.

The article reports that comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) might appeared in the late of March 2013, in which observations the comet is around 8th magnitude and only visible in the southern hemisphere.

The article focuses on the discovery of 2011 L4 comet by the PanSTARRS/1 1.8 meter telescope in Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii. It states that Gareth Williams made computations at the Minor Planet Center which showed that the comet would pass through perihelion on March 11, 2013 from the Sun. It mentions that the comet was a 19th magnitude object, only observable with large telescopes or with very long exposures.