Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the ...

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

Observations of Exoplanet WASP-69b has uncovered a 350,000-mile-long comet-like tail. The tail is a result of its escaping ...

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

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object believed to be a comet, recently passed its closest point to the sun. Scientists are puzzled by its unusual behavior, including the lack of a typical tail. The object ...

A pair of space probes cruising the solar system may be able to pass through the tail of the mysterious Manhattan-sized comet hurtling towards Earth — but only if the scientists operating them act ...

This newly discovered comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS), a rare Kreutz sungrazer, could blaze brightly in early April — or it could disintegrate entirely. Here's what to know.

Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos), originating from the edge of the Solar System, is set to grace Indian skies in a ...

Evidence from medieval chronicles suggests that the periodic nature of Halley’s Comet was recognized centuries earlier than previously believed.