The comet, which orbits the Sun every 1,60,000 years, was first discovered on April 5 ... made a grand appearance in images ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ...

NASA selected 25 new citizen science proposals for funding that will lead to new projects and new results to look forward to ...

So many comets have failed to live up to predictions that many people have become cynical about them, so why does this happen ...

Q: How do you find a comet that could pose a threat to Earth but hasn’t passed our planet in the last 200 years or more? Historically, long-period comets, which have orbits of more than 200 ...

The bad news is that the while the comet will be at its brightest on Sunday and Monday as it as its closest to the Sun, it also be lost in the Sun's glare. As it rounds the Sun it will come into view ...

The comet comes from the Oort Cloud, a remote region at the outer edge of the solar system that is believed to contain the ...

This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...

One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be ...

Advocates for limits on indiscriminate outdoor lighting that are increasingly obscuring night skies worldwide are recognizing ...