The "once-in-a-lifetime" comet that recently lit up night skies for the first time in millennia might be falling apart after ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...

A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. The comet ...

Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

A comet visible only once every 160,000 years is set to fly by Earth. And there's a pretty decent chance you can see it.

In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...

From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the comet ...

Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) is about to reach its closest point to the Sun in mid-January, making it the brightest comet of the ...

Perfect weather has opened up Adelaide’s skies for an event of a lifetime that won’t happen again for about 160,000 years.

Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.

ONE of the brightest comets to pass Earth in nearly 20 years could be visible to the naked eye in a once-in-a-lifetime display next week. The space rock, formally known as G3 ATLAS (C/2024), is ...

A BRIGHT comet could be visible in the sky for the first time in 160,000 years – making it a real once-in-a-lifetime display.