Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak, a small icy body orbiting Jupiter’s neighborhood, did something astronomers rarely witness ...

An interstellar comet first spotted passing through our solar system in July is beginning its departure from our corner of the universe — but first it will fly by Earth, and scientists are capturing ...

It was 4 a.m. on Nov. 25 at the top of Hawaii's dormant Maunakea volcano. The process to view the comet took less time than expected. On the main screen, the subject at hand, interstellar comet ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) as imaged using a Seestar S30 smart ...

I don’t think anyone declared it, but 2025 was a big year for comets. There was comet Lemmon, which was discovered in January and stayed in the news for a good nine months. The images of Lemmon’s long ...

The unusual event, never seen before, might be a way small comets are “blown to bits” in the solar system. By Jonathan O’Callaghan If you were standing on the surface of Comet ...

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