But the celestial body known in the scientific community as Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks could be visible to the naked eye in April and again in June as it makes its first pass by Earth since 1954.

The 18.6-mile-wide Devil Comet will make its closest approach to the sun on April 21. This means that starting next week, it could potentially be visible to the naked eye, given the right conditions.

However, the spiral of red gas around the coma is thought to be caused by the comet’s rotating nuclei. Pons-Brooks will be around 25 degrees from the sun during April 8’s total solar eclipse ...

A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ghosts and ghouls. NASA confirmed Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft ...