Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...

How do you find a comet that could pose a threat to Earth but hasn't passed our planet in the last 200 years or more? You look for its footprint. This is the basis of research led by Samantha ...

A team of faculty and graduate students in the IU Astronomy department are even creating a model comet from dry ice. ... the Kirkwood Observatory will be open to the public tonight from 8-10.

2024's best comet is nearing Earth and getting brighter. Here's how to see it in the sky, and when it will look its best. ... Tsuchinshan Observatory spotted it first, on January 9, ...

The comet has also been seen in images captured by the Palomar Observatory. The bright comet’s orbit is quite long, only passing around the Sun completely every 80,660 years.

At the time, NASA noted that the comet reached its perihelion, or closest approach of the sun, on Monday at 7:30 a.m. ET. "Over the past few days, it has broken into chunks as it approached the ...

The comet was named SWAN, after the instrument that aided its discovery, and it is making its way towards our Solar System. Soon, we may be able to view this comet in the night sky with the naked eye.

It was discovered in 2023 at Tsuchinshan Observatory in China and by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in South Africa, hence the comet’s name.

Yes, this comet, also known as the A3, can be seen without an observatory telescope — or any telescope at all for that matter. "It's shining at a magnitude of 2.0 right now," said Judah Santiago ...