A new hypothesis suggests that the breaking apart and eventual collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 – the first space rock ever directly observed hitting another Solar System body, Jupiter ...

Previous measurements of Jupiter-family comets revealed a strong ... Science Advances that reevaluated the deuterium abundance in Comet 67P. “It was starting to look like these comets played ...

Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...

The comet between Jupiter and the star Hamal in Aries, as seen on April 7. If you're in a dark location—perhaps camping—for the total solar eclipse, have a look west immediately after dark and ...

Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, just shy of the brightness of Venus in ...

January 13, 2025, as Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) reaches its peak brightness. This once-in-a-lifetime spectacle marks the comet's ...

Tuesday, April 9: A 2%-lit crescent moon will be below Jupiter, with comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in between. Wednesday, April 10: A 7%-lit crescent moon will be above Jupiter and comet 12P/Pons-Brooks.

Comet G3 ATLAS is set to shine at its brightest this week, potentially outshining Venus and Jupiter. G3 ATLASs orbit is so ...

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with a tail, like a gigantic comet. The planet ... meaning it’s a kind of planet often called a Hot Jupiter. That alone isn’t too exciting – those ...

A celestial body recently discovered by a Chinese observatory has been confirmed as a comet by the International Astronomical Union IAU Astronomers ...

New research indicates that the water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a molecular signature closely matching that of water found in Earth's oceans. This discovery revives the possibility that ...