Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks above the Black Desert, Egypt on March 8, 2024. (Image credit: Osama Fathi) Kaitlin Moore captured this great image of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks above Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, U.S.

Captured just days after its discovery, the images offer the clearest view yet of this rare visitor from beyond our solar system.

Oregon coast photographer Jeremy Likness of Newport captured specular shots of the Devil’s Comet, aka Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, from Otter Rock last Sunday, March 31, 2024.

The comet 12P/Pons-Brooks takes 71 years to fly around the sun and will next reach perihelion — the point in its elliptical orbit when it's closest to the sun — on April 21. Sponsor Message ...

Officially named comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, ... Images show the eruption of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks on October 5, 2023, and its path and evolution through October 20, 2023. Eliot Herman.

12P/Pons-Brooks is a Halley-type comet, meaning it has an orbital period on the scale of decades. In this case, it returns to the inner solar system every 70 years – the last time it swung ...

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An enormous "devil comet" will be passing by Earth for the first time in more than seven decades, astronomers say. The comet, officially known as 12P/Pons-Brooks, got its nickname due to the ...

The Devil Comet, known as 12P/Pons-Brooks, ... (Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images) 12P/Pons-Brooks reached its peak visibility on Sunday, April 21, 2024, ...

The 12P/Pons-Brooks Comet isn't at peak viewing yet, but backyard astronomers are already capturing stunning images of its flare-ups through their telescopes. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

The comet's approach toward Earth coincides with a total solar eclipse on April 8. Around that time, 12P/Pons-Brooks will be at or near perihelion, the point during orbit when it's closest to the sun.

"The Devil Comet'' -- a rare galactic phenomenon the size of Mount Everest that can only be seen by humans about every 70 years -- may soon be visible with the naked eye as it barrels toward Earth.