A Mount Everest-sized 'devil' comet making its first visit to the inner solar system in more than 70 years could be visible to the naked eye over the next few weeks. The once or possibly ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Astrophoto of periodic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the night sky. Green nucleus and tail of ion, dust ... [+] and vapor illuminated ...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Jupiter were seen by NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A). Credit: Space.com ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

Paul Mason, 58, captured Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in Melbourne on Monday using a smart telescope on his garage roof. The National Space Centre (NSC) say it is a once, or twice, in a lifetime chance ...

Pons-Brooks is prone to occasionally spit ice and gas into space, increasing the size of its nucleus and boosting the comet's brightness. That happened in the summer of 2023 when Pons-Brooks ...

For the first time in 70 years, you might catch a glimpse of the icy, Everest-sized comet 12P/Pons-Brooks – hurtling through the sky. Here is what you need to know about the so-called ‘Devil ...

THE new comet discovered in July by Dr. William R. Brooks, director of the Smith Observatory, Geneva, N. Y., is now visible to the naked eye, and in a very favorable position for observation on ...

The next few weeks offer a unique opportunity to witness a rare, green comet streaking through the night sky. 12P/Pons-Brooks, a comet larger than Everest, has already been spotted by amateur ...

The Devil Comet, officially known as 12P/Pons-Brooks, is a periodic comet that completes an orbit around the Sun every 71 years. Source: Getty / Marcos del Mazo It has been visible in the northern ...

The weeks leading up to Monday's total solar eclipse became even more exciting when astronomers announced that comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the "Devil comet," might be visible during totality.

Keen photographers recount how earthly and natural challenges nearly scupper their chances. There is a risk of clouds obscuring views to Comet A3 on Tuesday night. Comet A3 was spotted across East ...