12P/Pons-Brooks takes 71 years to circle the sun. Like Halley's Comet, most of us will see it just once in our lifetime and only when it passes relatively near the Sun and becomes bright enough to ...

The comet's approach toward Earth coincides with a total solar eclipse on April 8. Around that time, 12P/Pons-Brooks will be at or near perihelion, the point during orbit when it's closest to the sun.

Astronomers have observed the comet, 12P/Pons-Brooks, and its so-called "outbursts" – sudden, large releases of dust and gas – and some say it looks like Star Wars' Millennium Falcon or even a ...

On April 21, comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will pass within about 72.6 million miles (116.8 million km), of the sun, this is equivalent to three-quarters the Earth's distance from the sun.

As if a solar eclipse weren't enough, observers on April 8 may also get a glimpse of a rare "horned" celestial show, a dazzlingly bright comet with a scary name. A comet designated 12P/Pons-Brooks ...

It will be visible in the Southern Hemisphere when it reaches its closest point to Earth in June. Sky chart showing the changing position of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks during the month of March.

Astrophotographer Osama Fathi photographed comet 12P/Pons-Brooks streaking across the sky above the Black Desert, Egypt with our closest galactic neighbor, Andromeda, sitting above.

A giant horned “devil” comet has exploded en route to Earth — the second time the interstellar snowball’s blown its stack in two weeks. Named 12P/Pons-Brooks, the falling star’s latest ...