Right now, south of the equator, amateur astronomers are watching a comet that's just emerged from behind the sun. Soon, it ...

Astronomers and sky watchers have their fingers crossed that an approaching comet could put on a nighttime show on Earth next month, but it’s already strutting its stuff for those in space.

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Comets take the name of the discoverer, whether that be a human or an automated telescopic survey that robotically inspects ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS originated from the Oort Cloud, a bubble of ice and dust that surrounds our solar system. It was ...

Matthew Dominick continues to wow us with impressive astrophotography from aboard the International Space Station.

Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt are bodies smaller than planets that orbit the sun. Asteroids are composed of metals and rock, whereas comets also contain ice and dust. The Kuiper belt is a ...

Several people from Virginia to Pennsylvania shared videos on social media speculating what they saw in the sky.

What's the difference between an asteroid and a comet? A comet is basically a dirty iceball composed of rock and ice. The classic image is of a bright "star" in the night sky with a long curved ...

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A new study published in Science sheds light on these mysteries by revealing that this asteroid originated from the outer Solar System, beyond Jupiter, and not from a comet as some had supposed.