Comets can leave enough material for meteor ... We've seen many things hit Jupiter since then. It’s not what hits Jupiter that matters to Professor Horanyi, it's what’s left behind.

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

A BRIGHT comet could be visible in the sky for the first time in 160,000 years – making it a real once-in-a-lifetime display.

Previous research claimed that the rock was a “long-period” comet from the Oort Cloud—an icy sphere of debris around the outer solar system—and that Jupiter caused it to hit Earth.

The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids.

This week, NASA published images of a comet surging a close path to the sun ... explorers a recent image of a color-enhanced view of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno mission taken in December 2024 ...

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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 ...

Studying this Jupiter-sized world and its long comet-like tail can teach us more about the physics of space, including how planets and their host stars evolve together over time. "The WASP-69b ...

Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) will reach its brightest on January 13, 2025, potentially outshining Venus and Jupiter. Detected in April 2024, its perihelion approach offers a rare viewing opportunity as ...

Related: 'Crumb trails' of meteoroids could reveal potential 'planet-killer' comets years before they reach Earth Research over the past few decades has shown that Earth's D/H ratio is similar to ...