Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

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

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

They are born towards the outer edges of the solar system and are known as long-period comets (LPCs). Such comets pose a risk ...

As such, the comet will contain material that has undergone minimal processing ... Meanwhile, Ramses will accompany the ...

The Leonid meteor shower, considered a major shower, will bring along fireballs and "Earth-grazer" meteors. How to watch.

Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...

The annual Leonids meteor shower is due to peak next week, hopefully giving stargazers a treat to brighten up the dark winter ...

Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new research shows. Comets that rarely swing past the sun could ram into ...

From revealing the comet's rubber-ducky shape and unique auroras up close to discovering Earth-like gases streaming from the ...

Comets — those small ... of our solar system's formation and holding clues about the origins of life on Earth. In a recent study, scientists developed a groundbreaking model to trace how ...