You have just a few weeks left to view the "comet of the century" making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Comet C/2023 A3 ...

A recently discovered comet that scientists and amateur astronomers hoped would be visible on Halloween was in an orbit a … ...

Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric ...

The rare comet, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible in the night sky throughout the rest of October. This is the best time to ...

A dazzling comet left behind a dramatic dust tail as it swept around the sun, new photos reveal. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ...

Following the once-in-a-lifetime Comet C/2023 A3 comet that passed over Connecticut, NASA officials said another comet, Comet ...

Most long-period comets pose no threat to Earth. They might appear bright in the evening or morning sky, but their orbits don't cross Earth's orbit, so there is no risk of impact. But some long ...

Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) will not outshine Venus this Halloween, after all. NASA has confirmed that the feisty comet had met ...

Far too often an exciting opportunity is missed because we think that there’s always another tomorrow, and, before too long, ...

The first shows the comet entering from the bottom right corner as it approaches perihelion -- the part of its orbit where it's closest to the sun -- before suddenly disappearing. From talking ...

But as the comet, composed of ice, frozen gases and rock, came closer to its perihelion — the nearest point to the sun in its orbit — over the past few days, it broke apart into chunks until ...

Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) passed its closest point to Earth on Oct. 23, reaching a magnitude of 8.7, far too dim to be seen with the naked eye. Still, telescopes were able to catch a glimpse of the icy ...