Images of bright comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) show signs of a sodium tail, giving scientists fresh insight on what's happening on the surface.

Comet Hyakutake's long tail astounded skywatchers when it approached Earth in 1996. Skip to main content. ... By mid-March, the first signs of a tail were visible by amateurs.

A huge comet making its journey towards the solar system has begun to show a tail. A newly released image shows the fuzzy coma, confirming that it is indeed a comet and may be one of the largest ...

From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the ...

New photos of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS appear to show a faint "anti-tail" pointing away in the wrong direction. The puzzling extra limb is the result of a rare illusion that is only possible when ...

Depiction of the ion tail of Comet Hyakutake, as encountered by the Ulysses craft. ... a sign that the solar wind had run into some dense obstacle and the magnetic field had draped around it.

Comet 13P / Olbers zips through space with a kink in its long plasma tail on July 31, 2024. Credit: Dan Bartlett ...

Stargazers of all skill levels post their often breathtaking photos of the comet and its telltale tail, arcing through the skies over a Lake Erie lighthouse, over Perrysburg and Pettisville ...

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear.