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

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...

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

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 ...

G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does. This comet is a ...

G3 (ATLAS) is now visible in the post-sunset night sky. It's best seen in the Southern Hemisphere, but it's visible north of ...

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

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

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

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

Some space conspiracy theories just won't go away.

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