The way comets behave in space may seem random, but new research suggests there’s more order behind the chaos than once ...

the spreading patterns match the Sun’s motion around the barycenter. One simulation compared two comets—one with a 250-year orbit and one with a 4,000-year orbit. In both cases, the comets ...

Scientists aimed ALMA at the comet in March 2024 and saw carbon monoxide — a gas that usually doesn’t show up in observations that far away — gushing out of its surface in jets. The team also picked ...

Astronomers are shocked as the largest comet ever seen, Bernardinelli–Bernstein, erupts with gas jets while still far beyond ...

The White House bid to terminate NASA’s fantastical flights of exploration “across the solar system” threatens to explode ...

In Comet C/2024 G3’s case, its orbit will take it more than ... it is to hope it survives its encounter with the Sun and to try to catch it around January 20, give or take a few days, at which ...

Moving from the outer layer inward, the first layer is the corona — the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that is ...

It is famous for its swift and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long "wakes" of light and colour behind them as they ...

Discovery of 2017OF201, a large trans-Neptune Object, challenges previous beliefs about the Kuiper Belt and hints at the ...

A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.