The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has officially discovered 5000 comets. Comet number 5000 was spotted in SOHO images. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Producer: Lacey ...

In the wake of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) in October, comet G3 is due to reach perihelion — its closest to the sun — ...

NASA’s 2024 image collection highlights stunning views of Earth and detailed microgravity experiments aboard the ISS. Comet C ...

it usually means it’s a comet, with volatile material outgassing from its surface, giving it a little thrust,” said Davide Farnocchia, coauthor from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ...

NASA researchers have discovered seven new dark comets, asteroids that act like comets, and they say there could be even more ...

The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...

In fact, thanks to their research, the number has now doubled. Though not technically a dark comet, the 2017 interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua moved in a manner so similar to a dark comet that ...

Scientists have revived the theory that short-period comets could have played a crucial role in filling Earth's oceans with water.

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with a tail, like a gigantic comet. The planet, known as WASP-69b, is slowly ...

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) seen from the International Space Station, September 28, 2024. NASA Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) graced our skies this year before disappearing off into ...

NASA's discovery of 14 'dark comets' challenges space science. Blending comet and asteroid traits, these enigmatic objects ...

Astronauts on the ISS capture breathtaking photos of eclipses, comet trails, and hurricanes, offering a unique perspective of ...