By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that ...

Comet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But ...

On February 17, the comet will make its closest approach to Earth from 94 million miles, roughly as far as the Sun.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is not just another icy visitor cutting across the night sky. As it hurtles through the inner solar system, ...

Observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show increased water, carbon dioxide, and organic gas release after its passage near the Sun, based on data from NASA’s SPHEREx mission ...

The comet is now racing away from the sun following a close flyby on Jan. 20.

NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.

Initial analysis suggested the nucleus was approximately 13.7 kilometers wide (roughly city-sized); however, researchers ...

This discovery has drawn interest from both professional researchers and skywatchers because comets are ancient remnants from the early formation of ...

An “ancient” comet that won’t be seen again for tens of thousands of years will be visible Thursday night, after traveling from beyond the solar system to within its closest point to Earth earlier ...

Comet ATLAS, nicknamed the 'Headless Comet,' might be seen on Halloween Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Ghosts won't be the only things flying through the sky this Halloween season! Skywatchers are ...