Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...

A comet will appear in the night sky for the first time since the last ice age, offering scientists a look at the progression of the solar system. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is seen flying through the ...

So what we see as a comet is a chunk of dirty ice that remains from that time. Comets typically stay far away from the sun, frozen and impossible for us to see. But every once in a while, one will ...

A NASA spacecraft had to survive a cosmic snowstorm once it reached a distant comet two weeks ago, but still managed to beam back photos of never-before-seen cometary features and behavior ...

A “Devil Comet,” twice the size of Mount Everest, is shooting toward Earth but likely does not pose any threat to humanity, according to an astronomer.

Comet C/2024 G3 reached perihelion — the closest point to the sun in its orbit — on Jan. 13, 2025. ... —Dry ice 'geysers' erupt on Mars as spring hits the Red Planet.

A "Devil Comet," twice the size of size of Mt. Everest and has an active ice volcano, will barrel across Earth's view in spring of 2024, scientists say.