3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third ISO ever detected. It was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...

You have just a few weeks left to view the "comet of the century" making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS will be visible with the naked eye from Earth until late ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare visitor from outside the Solar System, might have been spewing gases for months ...

While the total solar eclipse was the celestial focus in April 2024, the "Devil Comet" also received attention from skywatchers. Known officially and scientifically as Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the rare ...

This week, an astronomical phenomenon that hasn’t been visible since the 17th century and won’t be seen again for another 400 years will pass through the night sky. Comet Nishimura, which was only ...

A comet that just skirted past our sun should light up the night sky this week. The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was only discovered in April 2024, and reached its closest point to our sun ...

Comet Nishimura has a hyperbolic orbit, which suggests that it may have come from outside the solar system and will likely be catapulted into interstellar space after slingshotting around the sun.

The strange outer-space object 'Oumuamua flew through our solar system in 2017 and captured our imaginations. Meaning "scout" or "messenger" in Hawaiian, 'Oumuamua was the first known visitor from ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The most famous comet of all time, Halley's Comet, is finally heading back towards the sun. It reached its aphelion on Dec. 8, this marks the furthest distance away from the sun in ...