CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. NASA and the European Space Agency released ...
There’s always another comet. Last year there was much ballyhoo over the so-called “devil comet,” some will-it-won’t-it drama of Tsunchinshan-ATLAS, and the sudden discovery (and quick demise) of a ...
A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ghosts and ghouls. NASA confirmed Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft ...
Far beyond the orbit of Jupiter, an icy wanderer has baffled astronomers for decades — erupting seemingly at random, flaring hundreds of times brighter in mere hours. Now, thanks to new data from the ...
Object is just the third known visitor from another solar system – and has prompted speculation about whether it might be an alien spacecraft ...
The newest comet to create a buzz among sky watchers was spotted recently, and it will be coming closer to Earth in October - possibly giving us a better look at this once-in-a-lifetime visitor from ...
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 ...
Should we be concerned? According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, folks are buzzing about a “possible alien flyby in the next six to seven weeks” thanks to a massive celestial object exhibiting unusual ...
The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured images of 3I/ATLAS on October 3. ESA / TGO / CaSSIS 3I/ATLAS, the rare comet currently making headlines as it travels through our solar ...
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is rapidly approaching Earth, giving skywatchers an extremely rare opportunity to spot the sparkly comet Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto via Getty Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) is ...
A rare, green-glowing comet will make its closest approach to Earth next week — and it won’t return for more than a thousand years. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), described by National Geographic as “this ...