Interstellar comets offer the tantalizing opportunity for us to touch something truly otherworldly,” says the European Space ...

The third interstellar object detected has been named 3I/ATLAS and was discovered on July 1 from Chile. Astronomers from the ...

Many famous comets return within a generation. Halley's Comet, for instance, will visit again in 2061. But when comets head in from the Oort Cloud, they won't be back anytime soon.

A swarm of interplanetary dust, rocks, comets and asteroids thought to be responsible for two famous impacts here on Earth has been found to be not quite as menacing as astronomers had feared.

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At least eight comets will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere in 2025. Here's where and when to look and which ones you can see with the naked eye.

By far the most famous comet is Halley’s. With a 76-year orbit, it has made many recorded visits to the inner Solar System, including the portrayal of its 1066 visit in the Bayeux Tapestry.Many ...

Debris from one of the most famous comets is about to speed across the night sky. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to reach its peak on Sunday, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac ...

Related: Comets: Everything you need to know about the 'dirty snowballs' of space Encke is pretty big for a short-period comet, spanning about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) in diameter. It's also ...

Debris from one of the most famous comets is about to speed across the night sky. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to reach its peak on Sunday, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac ...

The Taurid Meteoroid Stream, which is possibly responsible for the famous Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn't hide a civilization-killing asteroid. When you purchase through links ...