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

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 brightly after its last approach to the sun for hundreds of thousands of years ...

The triple star system is sending comets, asteroids and meteors our way, and the number of interstellar objects entering the solar system will rise.

Meteors are the product of leftover comet particles and bits from asteroids. When these objects come close to the sun, they leave a dusty trail in their wake. Every year, these particles collide ...

The heat from a star can evaporate a comet’s ice particles, liberating dust particles. Lighter particles form the comet’s tail while heavier ones fall back on to its surface, building a crust.

It has long been assumed that the gases of a comet tail are pushed away from the comet by the pressure of light from the sun. It now appears that many tails are caused by a wind of charged particles ...

Attacking the comet is a phenomenon called the solar wind. In addition to light, the sun is constantly emitting invisible, high-energy-charged particles that make up the solar wind. The solar wind ...

the stream of charged particles emanating from the sun. While faint trails of artificial satellites photobomb the view, the surreal starry backdrop makes the comet truly stand out. Another ...