Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

As it raced toward the sun, a space observatory operated by NASA and the European Space Agency spied its demise. The comet is thought to be part of a family of comets that pass incredibly close to the ...

NASA says a recently discovered comet has broken apart as it approached the sun. The space agency said Tuesday its ...

"Rosetta sitting in this flow was a very important part of the mission; it informed our understanding of how comet plasma ...

They appear to have been formed by 10 or more related space rocks including the comet 2P/Encke. One hypothesis is that Comet ...

Nicknamed the “Halloween comet,” Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) evaporated during its flyby of the sun on Monday morning. An ESA and NASA telescope captured its demise.

It is part of the Kreutz sungrazer family of comets that approach the sun, believed to be fragments of a larger comet that broke apart long ago. These comets' orbits typically bring them close to ...

Many have already viewed Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), which has been dubbed “ the comet of the century ” — capturing ...

a space observatory operated by NASA and the European Space Agency spied its demise. The comet is thought to be part of a family of comets that pass incredibly close to the sun.

The comet is thought to be part of a family of comets that pass incredibly close to the sun. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical ...

a space observatory operated by NASA and the European Space Agency spied its demise. The comet is thought to be part of a family of comets that pass incredibly close to the sun.