In 2017, astronomers discovered the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua. In 2023, we reported the discovery of seven solar system ...

Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.

Scientists still do not know where the water here on Earth came from. But two populations of so-called dark comets may tell us.

What "may" be the best anticipated comet of 2025 is coming right up. Right now, there's only one comet with real potential to ...

UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...

Scientists have made a shocking discovery about a rare object in our solar system likened to an asteroid-comet hybrid.

NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by comet Wild 2 to collect some comet dust and bring it back to Earth. Stardust was the first ...

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System ...

The gas heats up because of the sunlight and is then blown off the comet’s surface in a process called outgassing. This outgassing brings with it rubble and small dust grains, which reflect ...

Chiron is a class of comet-ish asteroids/asteroid-ish comets called centaurs – named after the half-human, half-horse hybrid ...

The gas heats up because of the sunlight and is then blown off the comet’s surface in a process called outgassing. This outgassing brings with it rubble and small dust grains, which reflect sunlight.