Find out how comets are connected to some of our favorite annual astronomy events with November's Night Sky Notes!

Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the ...

ATLAS, celebrated as the “Comet of the Century” by skywatchers, recently dazzled observers with a brilliant and extensive ...

A once-in-a-lifetime comet is currently making a pass by our Sun − and for the next few days, it's visible in the night sky. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) appeared in the morning sky late ...

A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ...

BOSTON - It isn't often that we get the chance to see a comet with the naked eye. But, in a year already filled with so many astronomical treats, it looks like we will be able to add a comet to ...

A picture taken on Sunday by Austrian photographer Michael Jäger appears to show the comet with not only its usual bright tail, but also a much fainter structure in the opposite direction ...

An ancient comet is gracing our night skies this month. Catch it now because it won’t be back for another 80,000 years. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, discovered in 2023, is expected to be visible ...

Comet NEOWISE gets its name from NASA’s Near ... called a coma and then the pressure of solar radiation extends this structure out into a long tail. Comets like NEOWISE are leftovers from ...

BOSTON - Comet Atlas has been flirting with Massachusetts. It began very low in the eastern horizon a few weeks ago and now it has reappeared in the west in the evenings. However, until now ...

There’s a chance a “Halloween” comet will become visible tonight, with also a possibility of seeing it during the daytime if it doesn’t break apart while approaching the sun, according to ...