Observing comets is tricky. They’re easier to see when they’re closer to the Sun, but proximity to the star heats them up and ...

Comets are natural "time capsules," preserving ice and dust from the birth of the Solar System 4.6 billion years ago. Yet the ...

During the past few years, we have witnessed a bumper crop of bright naked-eye comets, beckoning us to set up a camera and record their beauty to share with friends and family. However, the next great ...

Protoplanetary disk. Figure from a computer simulation visualizing the formation of planets (https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12278 ). Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech. August 22, 2024, Mountain View, CA - An ...

It has been a busy month for astronomy. In the midst of an eclipse season bookended by the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 and ...

Astronomers are hustling to use interplanetary spacecraft to study the interstellar comet dubbed 3I/ATLAS while the sun is hiding it from Earth When Comet 3I/ATLAS roared into the solar system this ...

A team of astronomers, spearheaded by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has successfully conducted groundbreaking radio observations of ...

Naked Photo-Bombing Comet 28P/Neujmin captured by the Subaru Telescope (white box and enlarged inset). Image Credits: NAOJ. A ...

Scientists used the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii to obtain images of the third-ever detected interstellar object, Comet 3I/ATLAS, on Nov. 26, 2025. Credit: NSF NOIRLab In the spirit of the season, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) will ...