Comet C/2023 P1, Nishimura visible from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Space.com Trump signs executive orders on ...

The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...

EarthSky has reported that recent observations suggest the comet completes one orbit around the sun every 2.1 million years. As comets approach the sun, our star’s heat causes them to release ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

Astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made an unusual discovery, finding a planet which is in the process of disintegrating. And as it decays, it is leaving behind a ...

The result is a trail of dust and debris along the trajectory of the comet’s orbit, like a line of chalk left in space. In the case of comets linked to meteor showers, the Earth passes close ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked-eye spectacle. Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

At such close proximity to its star, the planet is likely covered in magma boiling off into space. As the roasting planet ...