The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...

A once-in-80,000-year sight will make its closest approach to Earth this weekend before heading into the vast abyss of outer ...

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets ... like the James Webb Space Telescope. The submillimeter light ALMA ...

Although the comet has now become too faint for people to see with the naked eye, astrophotographers have continued to snap images of the comet as it journeys back to the outer solar system ...

We typically think of the Oort cloud as scattered ice balls floating far from the sun, yet still tied to it gravitationally.

6, 2025 — Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand ... 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ...

Numerous local reports were received by the Groat of a bright comet seen over Caithness that glowed green and white and left ...

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 ...