Comets viewable from Earth are very rare, creating spectacular events in the night sky ... The images show the bright comet ...

also known as the ATLAS comet, was discovered on Sept. 27, by astronomers in Hawaii and is expected to become visible to the naked eye starting Thursday night, according to NASA. The ATLAS comet ...

One of the earth’s favorite playmates in the lonely vastness of space is the Gia-cobini-Zinner comet, which sweeps around the sun in a lopsided orbit once every six and a half years. In 1933 ...

though the event will reach its peak Monday night and continue through Tuesday morning, according to NASA. The meteor shower originates from Halley’s comet, which sheds ice and dust into space ...

This close-up image of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ... a bright blue streak of light through a starry night sky I processed this one with my deep sky techniques to recover as much of ...

The waxing gibbous moon will be 97 percent-illuminated, making the night sky less than dark. This evening, the comet will due west, 30 degrees from the sun and will set about an hour and 20 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A rare, bright comet will be visible in October, clear skies permitting. The comet will make its closest approach to Earth on Saturday. Astronomers say it should be bright enough ...

The other image of the comet below was taken from a beautiful field at the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal. The moonlight was shining bright that night, so it helped to illuminate the landscape ...