The comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered just as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory was gearing up to carry out its initial observations ...

The photos reveal a bright and well-developed coma, the cloud of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus, with striking ...

Comet 31/ATLAS, a rare interstellar object, may be 7 billion years old and could reveal secrets about the early Milky Way and ...

The comet is named after German astronomer Heinrich Olbers, who discovered it in 1815. The "P" in its name stands for "Periodic," a label assigned to comets with orbits shorter than 200 years.

A comet that has been on an 81,000-year journey to fly by Earth is finally arriving -- and should be visible in our skies in the upcoming days. The space rock — named Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan ...

Scientists have taken one of the most detailed pictures ever of a galaxy named Sculptor, and its pretty amazing. Astronomers spent 50 hours using the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Very ...

Feed your need for heavenly views of the universe with our pick of the most awe-inspiring space pictures. This week, Mars's polar ice caps reveal their layers, Hubble spots a dwarf galaxy as it ...

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on Jan. 30, 2023. Picture taken from Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. (Courtesy of Robert Sparks) But, more like comet ISON in 2013 and Kohoutek in 1973, both of which ...

Halley's Comet over Uluru, outback Australia, 1986. (Photo by Impressions Photography/Getty Images) Getty Images 7. Orionid meteor shower When: Wednesday-Thursday, October 20-21, 2021 ...