NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...
A comet that passes by the Earth once every 71 years is currently visible in the night sky using binoculars or a small ...
It will be one of the brightest comets to pass Earth in 20 years. The space rock, formally known as G3 ATLAS (C/2024), reached peak brightness on 13 January. It will maintain that glow over the ...
An astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) has snapped a stunning photograph of the super-bright "New Year comet" seemingly shooting behind Earth. The comet, named C/2024 G3 (ATLAS ...
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Space enthusiasts will soon get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see a stunning comet as ...
A horned "Devil Comet", the size of a small city, has been hurtling toward Earth and experts say that it might explode today marking its second eruption in just over two weeks. "The last few ...
On average, 10 long-period and 20 short-period comets cross Earth's orbit each year. Short-period comets orbit the Sun in less than 200 years and exist in the Kuiper Belt just beyond Neptune ...
A University of Michigan-led study published in the journal Icarus makes the case that a large part of earth’s water may have come from so-called ‘dark comets.’ Dark comets are near-earth ...
A recently discovered comet is making a bright debut on Earth this month, and with some effort, skygazers might be able to see Comet ATLAS. Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS was discovered in April 2024 using ...