The new video of the comet meeting the solar eruption was captured during the comet’s closest approach to our Sun on September 17. While the comet lost its tail for a short period of time, it ...

An icy ball of gas, rock and dust will pay Earth a visit in the new year. On Jan. 13, 2025, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) will reach perihelion, the closest point in its orbit to the Sun, and may even ...

A surprise coronal mass ejection recently smashed into Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, briefly causing the "devil comet" to lose its tail — and a NASA spacecraft caught the whole thing on camera.

How to see comet A3. Depending on your location and the amount of light pollution nearby, it may be worth heading somewhere dark enough to view C/2023 A3 unfettered by the glow of a bustling city.

A comet not seen in about 80,000 years — since Neanderthals walked the Earth — will be visible soon. In fact, the comet — known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas, as well as the “Oort Cloud ...

An icy ball of gas, rock and dust will pay Earth a visit in the new year. On Jan. 13, 2025, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) will reach perihelion, the closest point in its orbit to the Sun, and may even ...

One of the most famous comets is heading back in the direction of Earth. On December 9, 2023, Halley’s comet reached aphelion–its furthest point from the sun–made its turn towards our planet ...

Comet NEOWISE made its closest approach to our star on July 3, coming within the orbit of Mercury. “A smaller or weaker comet would have crumbled under the pressure,” said Amy Mainzer ...