A giant comet, likely the largest comet discovered in modern times, is on its way toward the sun. Scientists caught sight of the comet early, giving researchers years to watch it evolve and streak ...

Astronomers have discovered that the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a shell of icy bodies at the very edge of the solar system, is bursting with chemical activity. Using the Atacama Large ...

We've only known about its existence for a few short weeks, and already astronomers have been able to learn a lot about the mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. The object was detected on 1 July ...

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"For me, it is particularly interesting to see how such an interstellar object evolves." Update for 7 pm ET: NASA revealed new images of comet 3I/ATLAS today as seen from spacecraft across the solar ...

The fractured comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) is now visible to skywatchers after breaking into multiple large pieces following a close encounter with the sun. This event, unrelated to interstellar object ...