NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...

How many planets are there? As with the discovery of Uranus, the answer depends on who you ask. Detail from Joseph Wright of ...

Once-in-a-lifetime' Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) will be visible to the naked eye, or through binoculars, in the UK this week - here's the best time ...

The Oort Cloud is thought to be a sphere of ancient, icy objects surrounding the solar system. Comets there are sometimes ...

Georgians may want to grab those binoculars as the opportunity to view the brightest comet of the year is nearing an end.

Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) is expected to reach its maximum brightness tomorrow. The celestial phenomenon may even outshine the planets Venus and Jupiter. The comet was first spotted by the Asteroid ...

At the time of its perihelion, Comet C/2024 G3 may shine about as brightly as Venus, at around negative 4.5 magnitude. But although the comet may be brighter than any other in 2025, it will not be ...

Comet G3 ATLAS is set to shine at its brightest this week, potentially outshining Venus and Jupiter. G3 ATLAS’s orbit is so big that it takes roughly 160,000 year to go around the Sun. As it ...

A once-in-160,000-year comet as bright as Venus is set to light up the UK sky next week. It follows on from the once-in-a-lifetime comet that flew by Earth last October, providing humans on earth with ...