Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is tearing across the inner solar system at roughly 130,000 miles per hour, a speed that turns ...

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The devil comet is not a stranger. It’s been a friend to Earth for a while. This comet, also known as 12P/Pons-Brooks, orbits the sun once a little over every 71 years. This comet was discovered in ...

The other two known interstellar comets did not offer such an opportunity.

A rare comet is on track to make its closest approach to Earth this weekend, and it won’t return for another 80,000 years. Now, its second window of visibility is just around the corner as this ...

As if a solar eclipse weren't enough, observers on April 8 may also get a glimpse of a rare "horned" celestial show, a dazzlingly bright comet with a scary name. A comet designated 12P/Pons-Brooks got ...

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 the ...

Skywatchers may be able to spot not one but two comets this October, which would give the night sky a new level of sparkle. Seeing more than one comet a month is remarkable and fairly uncommon. C/2025 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A newly discovered comet is lighting up the skies of the Pacific Northwest. But this weekend marks the best time stargazers can view it with the naked eye. Discovered in 2023, ...

The comet is named after the NEOWISE (Near-Earth Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) space observatory that first identified it. The spacecraft, which scientists launched in 2009, was not designed to ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas will be bright enough to see with the naked eye, so don't miss out on viewing this cosmic snowball this weekend. The comet will be closest to Earth on Saturday but should be ...

This beautiful landscape feels within arm’s reach in this stunning view across the Imhotep region on Comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko. The view was captured by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 17 ...