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

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

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Prepare to spot a rare, bright comet. The space rock is slinging toward Earth from the outer reaches of the solar system and will make its closest pass on Saturday. It should be visible through ...

"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 ...

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 ...