Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...

FROM roiling storms, rare comets and volcanic eruptions, there is lots to see aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Traditionally, comets and asteroids belong to two distinct categories. In one corner, you have icy comets with long, wispy tails of gas and dust. In the other, you have dim, rocky asteroids in ...

By doubling the number of known "dark comets," astronomers have been able to split them into two camps depending on their location in the solar system.

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up ...

With a telescope, it will be possible to spot the comet and its vast tail of dust, ... Comet Bigger Than Dinosaur-killing Asteroid to Fly Past Earth. Published Jun 21, 2022 at 6:04 AM EDT.

The first dark comet was spotted in 2016 when scientists noticed that the trajectory of near-Earth asteroid 2003 RM was a little wonky for your typical space rock.

Phaethon, the source of the Geminid meteor shower, has intrigued scientists for years because it’s an asteroid that behaves like a comet. New research may reveal the reason why this oddball gets ...

Space.com: And you've said that asteroid and comet mining could support future, off-Earth civilizations and missions as we venture farther into space. Starkey: ...

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up ...