Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...

The unpredictability of these objects makes them a challenging target for spacecraft, but the European Space Agency is preparing a mission to do just that: Comet Interceptor. With a launch planned ...

The unpredictability of these objects makes them a challenging target for spacecraft, but the European Space Agency is preparing a mission to do just that: Comet Interceptor. With a launch planned for ...

An “ancient” comet that won’t be seen again for tens of thousands of years will be visible Thursday night, after traveling from beyond the solar system to within its closest point to Earth ...

BOSTON - It isn't often that we get the chance to see a comet with the naked eye. But, in a year already filled with so many astronomical treats, it looks like we will be able to add a comet to ...

Now, a once-in-a-lifetime comet is visible in the sky. The A3 comet — short for Tsuchinshan–ATLAS — is making its pass by earth. It won't be visible again for 80,000 years, according to ...

This is Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, C/2023 A3, in a telephoto lens close-up on October 22, 2024. The ... [+] comet was easily visible to the unaided eye in dark skies (and the Moon was not ...

A view of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), along with the faint anti-tail. Image: Michael Kieran As Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) barrels its way through space, some have gotten a ...

BOSTON - Comet Atlas has been flirting with Massachusetts. It began very low in the eastern horizon a few weeks ago and now it has reappeared in the west in the evenings. However, until now ...

Special Report: Comet Ridge has successfully completed drilling of the Mahalo East 2 lateral well and is now planning to ...