SPACE.com interviewed Terry Lovejoy, discoverer of the Kreutz sungrazing comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), set to skim the surface of the sun tonight (Dec. 13).

The famous comet has been found to be releasing huge amounts of alcohol as well as a type of sugar in space, according to NASA. This marks the first time that ethyl alcohol, the same type found in ...

Comet Lovejoy skimmed across the Sun's edge about 140,000 km above the surface late Dec. 15, 2011, furiously vaporizing as it approached the stellar surface and later emerged from the other side.

Lovejoy is first time complex organic compounds have been detected in a comet. — -- If there's a party going on in outer space, you may want to have it on comet Lovejoy, which has earned the ...

The latest Comet Lovejoy was found on August 17, 2014, from Lovejoy’s home in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The comet was closest to Earth on January 7, but you may get a better view as the ...

Lovejoy, now also known as the "happy hour" comet, is spewing more than the gas and dust of its counterparts. It has a trail of alcohol. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware ...

And if comet Lovejoy continues its current course of brightening, astronomers say it may even plateau at magnitude 4.1 in mid-January, which would make it just barely visible to the unaided eye ...

Comet Lovejoy, also known as “C/2014 Q2,” has been delighting astro-photographers over the past couple of weeks. The icy, green comet, which can still be spotted in the sky near the Pleiades ...

Comet Lovejoy is moving along a south-to-north path, nearly perpendicular to the celestial equator, meaning that it will become increasingly better placed for Northern observers with each passing ...

As we wait to find out what if anything survived Comet ISON's brush with the sun, check out this gorgeous image of Comet Lovejoy taken with the Hawaii-based telescope Subaru.

Comet Lovejoy, pictured Dec. 28, 2014, has become visible to the unaided eye. Dieter Willasch/Astro-Cabinet/NASA — -- Those who missed catching a glimpse of comet Lovejoy when it made its ...

A discovery about a comet announced late last week has more than just star-gazers buzzing. Lovejoy, now also known as the "happy hour" comet, is spewing more than the gas and dust of its counterparts.