It's the end of the line for retail park electronics chain Comet, which blinks out of existence today, its last day of trading. The administrators are "pulling a Woolworths" too, with shop fittings, shelving and more all up for grabs. Read More >>

Plans to break up and dissolve what's left of retail chain Comet are progressing, with new reports claiming 41 branches are going to close by the end of November. Read More >>

So, it looks like Comet's sad demise is to end with the different arms being chopped up and flogged off to the rest of the UK retail electronics industry. After stabilising the business, administrators Deloitte's are now looking at which profitable living chunks they can rip off the great sinking HMS Comet. Read More >>

The previously trailed fire sale of Comet's lovely ranges of fridges, TVs and iPod docks has begun, with the chain now selling off its stock on the cheap today. And look, they have invoked the black and yellow colour scheme. This is going to be huge. Read More >>

The administrator acting on behalf of the doomed retail chain has lifted its ban on buying stuff with any Comet gift cards you might have, which should help people load up with cheap microwaves when that super sale eventually gets under way. It won't yet take pre-paid cards issued on behalf of other corporations, though, such as payment vouchers used to replace stuff as part of an insurance claim. [Deloitte] Read More >>

The UK economy is about to get a little boost, as the administrators of retail chain Comet prepare to launch a massive sale to dump all of its stock. It's sad, and people will lose their jobs, but on the plus side we might be able to get a cheap washing machine and a spare fridge out of it. Read More >>

The sad news about the doomed financial status of electrical chain Comet has been confirmed, with the store announcing plans to call in the administrators next week. The chain's web site is currently offline, while administrator Deloitte assembles some sort of closure and/or sale and salvage plan. [The Register] Read More >>

The retail parks of the country might be about to lose one of their most dedicated leaseholders, with struggling UK electronics retailer Comet said to be about to slump into administration. Read More >>

The Mayan Apocalypse nutcases will pass out when they learn that two Russian astronomers have discovered a new and gigantic comet coming in our direction — a huge two-mile wide ball of ice and rock that "may [become] one of the brightest in history." The comet is now passing by Saturn, gaining speed and becoming brighter by the day. Read More >>

About 4.1 billion years ago, our solar system was a huge cluster of comets bombarding every planet orbiting the Sun and crashing into each other. That period of chaos is known as the Late Heavy Bombardment, and astronomers believe it was key to the formation of life in our planet. Read More >>

The smutty, sexy and dirty book, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James, is apparently the cause of a dramatic increase in sales of Kindle readers, according to retailer Comet. Read More >>

GAME’s saved, or at least 333 stores of it are – OpCapita, the private investment firm who last bought-out struggling Comet in February, has acquired GAME group for just a quid. Well, that and £85m in debt of course. Read More >>

Poor old UK electrical retailer Comet is about to feel the full legal force of Microsoft, with the US software giant claiming Comet made and distributed over 94,000 illegal copies of Windows XP and Vista. Read More >>

When the Commander of the International Space Station says he just saw "the most amazing thing I have ever seen in space," you know you're in for something incredible. We've never seen a view of a comet like this. Read More >>

Rejoice, for comet Lovejoy has survived its close encounter with the Sun! NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured the exact moment it went close in behind the Sun, then out again on the other side, surprisingly more or less intact. Read More >>