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 ...

G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does. This comet is a ...

G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.

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.

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 ...

Even though Comet ATLAS was only discovered over a year ago, its short life wasn’t in vain. Astronomers study Sun-grazing comets because they are essentially leftovers from the solar system's ...

NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.

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.

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 ...

At magnitude -2.68, Jupiter will be by far the brightest ... Or it could simply disintegrate like the last sun-grazing comet, leaving us with nothing to see. Venus is at its greatest eastern ...