The newly discovered object dubbed the Great Comet of 2026 may become visible to the naked eye during its close solar pass in April.

A recently discovered comet is plunging toward a fateful encounter with the Sun, which will determine whether it puts on a spectacular showing during the daylight or if it completely disintegrates ...

Imagine noticing a new animal in your backyard, a cat with a massive size, a cat with a tail on its forehead instead of its rear end. Avi Loeb, a Harvard astrophysicist, used the analogy of this odd ...

A newly discovered comet is rapidly brightening and could become visible from Earth — if it survives an extreme close encounter with the sun on April 4.

Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1), a "Kreutz sungrazer,” will skim the sun in early April and may put on a brief, dramatic show low in ...

Learn about the latest image of comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by a European Space Agency spacecraft that's on its way to Jupiter.

The Hubble Space Telescope and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer have captured fresh images of an interstellar comet as the object nears its closest approach to Earth later this month. Comet 3I/ATLAS has ...

Analysis of the tail of 3I/Atlas reveals that it contains an anomalous proportion of methanol, a class of alcohol used in fuels.

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NEW YORK CITY — The Hubble Space Telescope and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer have captured fresh images of an interstellar comet as the object nears its closest approach to Earth later this month.