Just when we thought we were starting to understand the mysterious object 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, it has confounded us ...

Quite a few comets pass through Earth's orbits every year, but the so-called devil comet earned a rather unique nickname.

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

Its CIVA (Comet Infrared and Visible Analyser) cameras took the first image of a human-made object touching a 4.6 ...

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The Rosetta probe's lander Philae landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on ...

Unlike asteroids, which are entirely made of rock, comets are made up of ice, rock, and gas. As they approach the Sun, the warmth causes the ice to change into gases and releases dust particles ...

This comet is going to make for some really cool images as it gets ... As a comet gets closer to the sun, it heats up slightly. That causes the ice covering its nucleus to become a gas, creating ...

A comet is made from ice and dust. As it gets closer to the sun, it heats up slightly. That causes the ice covering its nucleus to become a gas, creating a coma. This gas — and dust — from the ...

Comets are made of dust, ice and small rocky particles and are often described as “dirty snowballs”. They orbit the sun in much the same way as planets but follow a more elliptical path. As they get ...

Unlike asteroids, which are entirely made of rock, comets are composed of ice, rock, and gas. As they approach the sun, the warmth causes their ice to change into gases and release dust particles ...