Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.

The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

A comet believed to be in its death throes could briefly be seen over Tasmania this week as it hurtled through the cosmos in ...

Following the Quadrantids meteor shower, another incredible sky event is about to take place: comet Atlas C/2024 G3 will soon ...

Comet ATLAS brightens as it nears the Sun, providing scientists with valuable data on solar wind interactions and offering a ...

Reintroducing Hawaii's sacred crow, how desert ants find their way, pterosaurs paddle-like tails, and how gophers rebuild ...

G3 has mesmerized astronomers and amateur skygazers for months as the world tried to spot the bright comet in the sky nearing its fatal encounter with the Sun.

This comet, named ATLAS after the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System that discovered it, reached an extraordinary ...

Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – here’s how to spot the celestial show ...