On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...

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

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is a centaur, a class of objects that orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. However, it displays ...

Occurred on October 25, 2024 / Marion, Ohio, USA Info from Licensor: "A pop-up storm in Marion, Ohio produced a brilliantly colored double rainbow with a dome!" ...

A week after the northern lights were visible in the Mid-Atlantic, a rare comet made an appearance. But, if you missed it Wednesday, don’t worry; you still have a few more days to catch it.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. What was supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime naked-eye comet may have turned out to be ...

Skywatchers are in for an extraterrestrial treat in the days leading up to Oct. 31 because of a rare comet that is swirling through space and has the potential to be viewed from Earth. This is no ...

A headless comet might be visible from our planet in the lead-up to the spookiest night of the year. The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1), is currently approaching the sun, and is due to pass ...

Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) could make an appearance this week if it doesn’t get broken up by the sun. All comets are remains of dust, rocks and ice from the formation of solar system that heat up ...

The newly discovered comet C/2024 S1, possibly a remnant of the Great Comet of 1106, will reach its closest approach to Earth on October 24. Expected to brighten the skies around Halloween ...

Where is comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS tonight? It’s not too late to see comet A3 (also called C/2023 A3), but it’s no longer a bright, naked-eye object in the post-sunset sky. After being visible ...