After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

After running a new kind of computer simulation, scientists believe the comet originated from a rarely seen corner of the ...

Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...

Astronomers have uncovered new details about an extraordinary object hurtling through thesolar system. A comet with ...

The monstrous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 is the second most distant body originating from the Oort Cloud found to be ...

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...

The comet was spotted in deep space near Neptune. NASA Goddard “These measurements give us a look at how this enormous, icy world works,” Roth said.

The moon and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye that morning, but skywatchers will need a telescope to see the “far ...

A large asteroid-comet hybrid that orbits between Neptune and Jupiter is an intriguing oddball as far as cosmic rocks go. Chiron, as the strange centaur is called, is what astronomers call a minor ...

Skies over South Carolina kick off 2025 with a planet parade, ancient comet and the muse of "Beyond Antares," a 23rd-century love song from "Star Trek" fame. SC skygazers in store for rare planet ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is nearing Earth and getting brighter. Skip to content Skip to site index. ... By contrast, Neptune’s orbit around the sun takes about 165 years, ...