NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...

One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. The comet ...

Astronauts witnessed the brightest comet of 2025 from space as it streaked across the sky above Earth. A new photo taken from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) captures the ...

In 2017, astronomers discovered the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua. In 2023, we reported the discovery of seven solar system ...

Comet 2024 G3 ... the comet through most of January just before sunrise, in the north the comet will only be easily visible from Jan. 12 through Jan. 14, according to Space.com.

Over the weekend, comet C/2024 (ATLAS) made a grand appearance in images from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The comet will continue to blaze through SOHO’s view for the ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific meteor showers of the ... July 14 to August 24 — Peak: Aug. 11-12 — Comet of origin: 109P/Swift-Tuttle — Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR ...

A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet ...

Most excitingly, the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and ... the ice and on the comet's surface are swept up and travel along for the ride. The beautiful tails are ...