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

The object – which has the full name C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) – was found last year but in recent weeks has passed close ...

BOSTON - It isn't often that we get the chance to see a comet with the naked eye. But, in a year already filled with so many astronomical treats, it looks like we will be able to add a comet to ...

“We're actually viewing this comet's curved tail edge on, so it will look like part of the tail is above the head of the comet, but then the tail wraps down past the head of the comet, making it ...

Sky at Night Magazine added, "Comet A3 will actually look like either a short section of an airplane contrail in the sky, perhaps as long as your index finger, or a little longer, or it will look ...

While it’s visible, it will gradually make its way across the sky horizontally. The comet won’t look like it’s moving in real time as you watch it, meaning it won’t appear to be zipping ...

And there are still more meteor showers left between now and New Year's, with at least one fireball event happening at all ...

The Leonid meteor shower streaks across the night sky in November. Here's what to know, including when is the best time to ...

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 ...

It won't twinkle like the stars do, and it will look a bit blurrier, with less defined borders. It may appear elongated because of the comet's tail, which is dust and gas flowing off its icy body.

The annual Taurid meteor shower, which typically takes place between the middle of October and the middle of November, will ...

While it’s visible, it will gradually make its way across the sky horizontally. The comet won’t look like it’s moving in real time as you watch it, meaning it won’t appear to be zipping ...