Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The Rosetta probe's lander Philae landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ...

A mysterious volcanic comet has just reawoken, unleashing four major eruptions in less than 48 hours and spraying out enough of its icy guts to make the city-size object appear almost 300 times ...

The daily Crossword was played 12,580 times last week. Can you solve it faster than others?The daily Crossword was played 12,580 times last week. Can you solve it faster than others?

Human technology has allowed us to extend the scope of our curiosity beyond the confines of our home world and into the solar system. But it's not hard to imagine that one day humans will want to ...

A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ghosts and ghouls. NASA confirmed Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft ...

ESA and NASA's SOHO spacecraft capture a video of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) glowing as it raced through space. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

The newly discovered comet C/2024 S1, possibly a remnant of the Great Comet of 1106, will reach its closest approach to Earth on October 24. Expected to brighten the skies around Halloween ...

(CNN) — The famous Halley’s comet is about halfway through its roughly 76-year orbit of the sun, having reached its farthest point from its host star in December 2023. The comet won’t be ...

A photographer in San Francisco created a compilation showcasing a newly discovered comet streaking across the California sky over several nights in mid-October. Footage recorded by Shreenivasan ...

Get the binoculars out - tonight is Ireland's best chance since the deep Stone Age to glimpse the super rare 'Comet of the Century'. This giant ball of ice, dust and rocks has been hurtling towards us ...