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 ...

Why is Pons-Brooks being called the Devil Comet at all? Well ... That outburst caused the coma to distort into a horseshoe or horned shape, with a dark center and bright wings or points.

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks showing a horned/horseshoe shape during an outburst last summer. The headlines are wild and the hype is ...

A huge, volatile space object called the "devil comet" is flying its way past Earth for the first time since 1954 — and is currently visible in the night sky. Officially named 12P/Pons-Brookes ...

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 ...

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 ...

The weeks leading up to Monday's total solar eclipse became even more exciting when astronomers announced that comet 12P/Pons-Brooks ... its name for the horn-like shape of its coma.

You’ve heard of stargazing, but have you ever heard of comet gazing? Well people will be able to spot a comet in the night sky in the coming weeks. A comet that passes by Earth every 71 years is ...

A comet that passes by Earth once every 71 years is currently visible in the night sky using binoculars or small telescopes. Astronomers say 12P/Pons-Brooks is growing brighter and there is a ...

12P/Pons-Brooks, a comet larger than Everest ... the comet's gas cloud into a fleeting horseshoe shape. This earned the comet nicknames like the Devil Comet or the Millennium Falcon Comet.

The difference between guided and unguided images is clear. At top is an unguided shot of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, with stars clearly trailed. At bottom is a second shot, with guiding turned on.