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 ...

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 is also predicted to be the brightest in nearly 20 years set to reach a magnitude of -4 (as bright as Venus) or even -7 (visible ... "Best known for their long, streaming tails, these ...

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 ...

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 ...

Or it could simply disintegrate like the last sun-grazing comet, leaving us with nothing to see. Venus is at its greatest eastern elongation. That means it appears as far from the sun toward the ...