A newly found comet is well on its way toward the sun, set to reach its nearest point come spring. The comet, dubbed C/2026 A1, was discovered by a group of French scientists at a Chilean observatory ...

Comet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But experts predict it will eventually be thrown out of the solar system forever ...

41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak is now known to be in the Jupiter family of comets, going from a little inside Jupiter's orbit to almost as far as Earth on its 5.4-year orbit. It is notable for its large ...

First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

The moon will pass directly in front of the sun on Feb. 17, setting the stage for a dramatic annular solar eclipse.

The newly discovered sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will undergo an extremely close slingshot around our star in early ...

For decades, astronomers have been watching WOH G64, an enormous heavyweight star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy ...

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Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led research team has measured the dynamics and ever-changing "shell" of hot gas from ...

This is not a close-up of a sparkling soda from a movie theater promotion. The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image of the Helix Nebula, showing comet-like pillars being pushed by gas from a ...

Daniel Apai is a professor of astronomy, planetary sciences and optical science at the University of Arizona. He receives funding from NASA. Exoplanets are worlds that orbit other stars. They are very ...