A newly observed interstellar comet is the most pristine visitor from outer space ever seen in our Solar System, according to a pair of studies released Tuesday detailing its unique characteristics.

A once-in-80,000-year sight will make its closest approach to Earth this weekend before heading into the vast abyss of outer ...

This is not unusual behavior for a comet, but it can be a sign of nucleus fragmentation – where the main body, or nucleus, of a comet starts to break apart. This probably happens because of what they ...

The Comet Tsuchinshan ... and saw the dust trail edge-on,” creating a rare alignment that allowed for a detailed, ...

Comets hail from the very cold outer reaches ... when Comet C/2019 Y4 shattered to smithereens when it drew near the Sun under the watchful eye of the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Orionid meteor shower, which originates from Halley's Comet, is expected light up the night sky starting this weekend.

Now, thanks to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a spacecraft jointly operated by NASA and the European Space ... from the outer solar system. After that approach, the comet began ...

While many backyard astronomers were waking up early to catch a glimpse of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ... can complete their orbit and return to outer space. The Kreutz family specifically all ...

A once-in-80,000-year sight will make its closest approach to Earth this weekend before heading into the vast abyss of outer space. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas made its closest approach to the ...

The European Space Agency is ... It's called Comet Interceptor and will aim to catch and study an object that has come in towards the Sun from the outer reaches of the Solar System.

"Hale-Bopp has been a favorite of comet studies in part because it was one of the brightest comets seen." Comets — those small, icy objects orbiting the sun — act like floating time capsules ...

If you’re looking to get some booze on the cheap, you might want to consider visiting comet Lovejoy ... While The Martian might have made made space travel seem less than appealing, something ...