are long-period comets (LPCs) that only come close to the sun every 200 years or more. While LPCs may enthrall skywatchers, ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

From revealing the comet's rubber-ducky shape and unique auroras up close to discovering Earth-like gases streaming from the ...

The so-called "Halloween comet" vaporized as it flew within 1 million miles of the sun on Monday, its destruction captured by ESA and NASA observers.

How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this Wednesday, Oct. 30, with sky charts ...

Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...

NASA confirmed Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft captured the moment when the comet Atlas broke into chunks this week as it passed close to the sun. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) ...

Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric ...

Comets — those small, icy objects orbiting the sun — act like floating time capsules, offering a window into the early days ...

Since then, astronomers have kept a close eye on it, waiting to see just how much of a show it would give skywatchers.

NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spotted Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) as it made its ...

Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new ...