The New York Times

This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward.

The unusual event, never seen before, might be a way small comets are “blown to bits” in the solar system. By Jonathan O’Callaghan If you were standing on the surface of Comet ...
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NASA's DART created history by altering orbit of asteroid Didymos around the sun

NASA's DART mission altered the orbits of both Didymos and Dimorphos around the Sun, validating kinetic impact as a viable ...
Forbes

Very Rare ‘Sungrazer’ Comet Set For Spectacular Show In April

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. McNaughts Comet over Big Swamp 2007. Eyre Peninsula. South Australia. A new comet barreling ...
Science Daily

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is spraying water across the solar system

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the third known interstellar comet ever spotted. When scientists turned NASA’s ...
Space.com

Could the remains of a 'dead' comet still be in the solar system? Astronomers are still searching 6 years later

"How many presumably disrupted comets have really completely disrupted, and could any of them have actually survived with a reduced, inactive nucleus?" When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
Live Science

Dramatic death of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) caught on camera — Space photo of the week

The Gemini North telescope snapped a spectacular view of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart as it emerged from the other side of the sun in October. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
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Where did you come from, where did you go, comet 3I/ATLAS?

It makes you wonder what else is out there.
Popular Science

Comet 3I/ATLAS is leaving the solar system with a dramatic light show

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. After months of unprecedented observations, astronomers are ...
Live Science

New 'sungrazing' comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn't destroy it

The newly discovered sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will undergo an extremely close slingshot around our star in early April, and could become bright enough to be seen without a telescope during ...
Space.com

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the process

We're getting an exciting look at the building blocks of alien worlds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...
Scientific American

The largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbit

The largest-ever communications satellite of its kind took a major step toward operation Tuesday: operator AST SpaceMobile announced the record-breaking spacecraft, whimsically called BlueBird 6, has ...
Ars Technica

Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt

Out beyond the orbit of Neptune lies an expansive ring of ancient relics, dynamical enigmas, and possibly a hidden planet—or two. The Kuiper Belt, a region of frozen debris about 30 to 50 times ...