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

How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this Friday, Nov. 1, with sky charts, ...

How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this weekend, with sky charts, before it disappears.

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

On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...

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

A view of Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from the water cistern on West Camino Cielo above Santa Barbara. 24mm lens with 3 sec exposure with foreground highlighted with full moon illumination.

While one needs good eyesight to spot the comet, there are other ways to see it for yourself before it heads back out into ...

The North and South Taurids occur every year in September, October, and November. They may have originated from a comet that ...

Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is a centaur, a class of objects that orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. However, it displays ...

While one needs good eyesight to spot the comet, there are other ways to see it for yourself before it heads back out into the universe. Just after sunset for the next few nights, the comet will ...