A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet ...

In 2017, astronomers discovered the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua. In 2023, we reported the discovery of seven solar system ...

The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Petr Horálek, from the Institute of Physics in Opava, was in Mexico ...

According to 'Daily Star', dubbed ‘comet of the century', it will have a very bright, beautiful and long tail when it passes by the Sun at a distance similar to Mercury's orbit. While passing by ...

They're absolutely beautiful." The comet's full name is C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). Unlike asteroids, which are entirely made of rock, comets are made up of ice, rock, and gas. As they approach ...

As they approach the Sun, the warmth causes their ice to change into gases and release dust particles trapped in the ice, which is what causes their beautiful tail. This latest comet has been ...

Dark comets are often small, just a few meters to a few hundred meters wide. This leaves less surface area for material to escape and form into the beautiful tails we see on typical comets.

One leading idea is that space rocks such as comets and asteroids delivered water to the Earth through impacts. As a planetary scientist, I’m curious about the kinds of space objects that could ...