Roughly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled just enough to allow photons to escape from the primordial ...

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

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 ...

A decade ago, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) had just wrapped up the yearslong process of building a ...

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 ...

Cancel anytime. The best is yet to come for sky watchers who want to see the long-tailed comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Astronomers say it should put on a show the next few days. The comet Tsuchinshan ...

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 ...