A groundbreaking discovery was recently made about the largest comet ever observed hurtling toward the sun from the Oort Cloud in the outer reaches of our solar system. Astronomers recently got a ...

On Friday, December 19, the comet made its closest pass to Earth, safely cruising by at a distance of approximately 167 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The largest comet ever found has jets of carbon monoxide gas ...

Last Friday, the interstellar comet designated 3I/ATLAS completed its closest approach to Earth without crashing into us or ...

On December 19, this interstellar visitor with its peculiar composition offers a glimpse into the makeup of celestial bodies beyond the Sun ...

Could it be that one day humanity would fail to notice an incoming dangerous interstellar object in time? That grave possibility looms larger even with comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third known object to ...

Astronomers have detected a gigantic comet — possibly the largest ever discovered — and it’s spewing gases from its nucleus as it shoots through our cosmic neighborhood. “These measurements give us a ...

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Several planets, including Mercury, Mars, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Jupiter, are visible this month. Saturn's moon Titan will cast its shadow on Saturn twice during July. Neptune will be ...

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The comet Tempel 1 (shown) was also studied this decade, though Wild 2 is the first comet whose particles were analyzed on Earth. Science After a thorough analysis of particles collected from a comet ...