After an extraordinary year of watching full moons, eclipses, meteors and northern lights, a comet will be viewable right off the bat in 2025. It's called comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), which Space.com ...
according to Space.com. While studying the comet's orbit scientists learned that the celestial body was likely much older than they initially thought, and likely passed by the sun some 160,000 ...
A newly observed interstellar comet is the most pristine visitor from outer space ever seen in our Solar System, according to a pair of studies released Tuesday detailing its unique characteristics.
"It will be strongly heated and may not survive," Nick James, director of the British Astronomical Association's comet section, told Space.com. "But if it does, it may be an impressive object in ...
The European Space Agency is to launch another mission to a comet. After the hugely successful ... the bizarre cigar-shaped object 'Oumuamua being one such example. "Yes, there's a risk we could ...
Here's what it looked like from Rosetta's point of view as Rosetta approached the comet: Here you can see part of the Rosetta space craft with the dumbbell-shaped comet in the background.
It's called comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), which Space.com noted could be the brightest comet of 2025. But there may be some obstacles in seeing the comet, according to reports. The Planetary Society ...