This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...

Pons-Brooks, aka the Devil comet or Mother of Dragons comet, may be visible during the 2024 solar eclipse. Here's how to see ...

Comet A3 hasn't been past Earth since the Neanderthals. Your last chance to see it is approaching fast. Here's where and how ...

A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...

Beautifully captured against a starry sky, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) — dubbed by some as the "Great Comet of 2025" — shines ...

The comet's head — surrounded by a cloud of gas and dust from the sun vaporizing its ice — is a "pleasing blue-green color," King added. Read next ...

G3 (ATLAS), the 'Great Comet of 2025,' lit up the night sky in Chile, offering a rare and breathtaking sight for stargazers, ...

This story appears in the July 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The dust speck had been plucked from the tail of a comet more than 200 million miles away. Now, under an electron ...

It's been seven years since the original Stardust danced with Wild 2 out beyond the orbit of Mars, capturing a thimbleful of comet dust in its collector. It's been five years since the craft ...

The comet was beautifully captured by César Briceño ... Twin tails are seen emerging from the nucleus. A dust trail made up of heavier dust particles that are lit by reflected sunlight makes ...