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

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently vanished after "completely melting" away. A group of school kids and college ...

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 ...

Notably, the latest explosions are the most violent in more than three years. Comet 29P is not only a centaur, a rare group of comets, but also a cryovolcanic, or a cold volcano comet, numbering only ...

Its recent eruptions mark the most intense activity seen in over three years. 29P is unique not only as a centaur but also as a cryovolcanic, or “cold volcano” comet, one of only a few hundred known ...

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually bright in the process. It is the most powerful outburst from the city ...