Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the ...

Comet C/2023 P1, Nishimura visible from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Space.com Newsom calls special session to ...

Comets have long been seen as omens and portents, and it's easy to understand why. They first appear as faint smudges of light in the sky, sometimes fading soon after and sometimes becoming brighter ...

around 14 million miles long. This is the comet Nishimura. It's visible from Earth for just a few weeks, before eventually heading back into the darkness, just the latest in a long line of icy ...

A once-in-a-lifetime comet is currently making a pass by our Sun − and for the next few days, it's visible in the night sky. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) appeared in the morning sky late ...

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on Oct. 13, 2024 as the comet was displaying an 'anti-tail.' Miguel Claro ...

Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) will not outshine Venus this Halloween, after all. NASA has confirmed that the feisty comet had met its end by flying into the Sun's atmosphere, obliterating what little ...

Com et C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, a rare, once-in-a-lifetime comet visible once every 80,000 years, has been spotted over San Joaquin County skies over the weekend. This weekend was "one of the ...

There’s a chance a “Halloween” comet will become visible tonight, with also a possibility of seeing it during the daytime if it doesn’t break apart while approaching the sun, according to ...

If you’ve heard about comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (also called C/2023 A3 and Comet A3) you’ll want to find it in the night sky tonight and every night this week — so here’s how. The first rule ...

The "comet of the century" Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has been delighting stargazers after reaching its closest point to Earth in more than 80,000 years over the weekend. The brightest ...