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.

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, 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 ...

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).

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 ...

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 ...

Comet Lovejoy is pumping out as much alcohol as in 500 bottles of wine every second, according to Nicolas Biver of the Paris Observatory in France.

It's prime time for Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2), this month's "It" comet, but you have to know where and when to look. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another ...

This story was updated at 6:46 p.m. ET. A new comet, part of a comet family with paths that fly within a hairsbreadth of the sun, will be making its closest approach to the sun later today (Dec. 15).

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 ...