The newly discovered comet, C/2025 F2 (SWAN), is racing toward the Sun, and it may not survive its closest approach.

A comet that has taken astronomers by surprise could shine as brightly as Venus in the night sky as it passes by Earth over the next few days. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was spotted in April last ...

What was supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime naked-eye comet may have turned out to be nothing more than a cosmic tease. That’s because Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS), or the “Halloween comet ...

Comet A3 could be bright enough to see with naked eye 02:27. BOSTON - It isn't often that we get the chance to see a comet with the naked eye.But, in a year already filled with so many ...

Comet A3 will be visible in the night sky tonight — and the next few nights — if you know what to look for. About 45 minutes after sunset, go outside and face the direction the sun went down.

For the first time in 80,000 years, skywatchers can see the Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Here's how long the comet will be visible in Arizona.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit & it's now approaching its closest pass to Earth. It will get higher in the early evening sky through October 21st. Look to the west sky with the ...

Astronomers expect a once-in-a-lifetime comet to become visible in the night sky starting this week. It’s the latest in an assortment of 2024 skywatching events, including the Great American ...

Comet Olbers' closest approach to the sun was on June 30, but it's now on its way back toward the so-called Oort Cloud on the outer edge of the solar system.

The comet nucleus often is not a perfect sphere, so you can glue pom poms, cotton balls, or other supplies to make it into a potato-like shape. Related: Learn about Space with these awesome NASA ...

A comet is a bright ball of ice, dust, and rock from the outer solar system. Here are more intriguing facts about these ancient space rocks.

Some comets, particularly ones which reappear with enough frequency and display enough brightness to be studied without telescopes, have carried names which relate to their time of discovery, ...