388 Results From "comet"

In October, a newly discovered comet will come so close to Earth that people may be able to make out its heavenly fireworks unaided.
Future Society

A Huge Comet Is About to Become Visible in the Sky 

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which visits the Earth roughly every 71 years, was spotted releasing intriguing radio signals last year.
Astronomy

Scientists Intrigued by Radio Signals Coming From Comet

Astronomers have detected a gigantic comet, and it's spewing gases from its nucleus as it shoots through our cosmic neighborhood.
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Scientists Intrigued by Comet With Jets Blasting From Its Interior

Dark comets, which are cross between an asteroid and comet, can make up as much as 60 percent of near-Earth objects.
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Earth Surrounded by Dark Comets, Astronomers Claim

Despite data suggesting interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is simply a comet, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb still thinks something is off.
Mars

Astronomer: 30+ Percent Probability Interstellar Object Is Alien Craft Disguised as Comet

Recent NASA footage shows an eruption from our Sun breaking off the tail of a comet whizzing through the Solar System.
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Sun Blasts Comet, Breaking Off Its Tail

In Portugal, a comet shot through the sky and illuminated it turquoise — and one lucky girl captured the entire thing on camera.
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Girl Awestruck After Capturing Brilliant Blue Comet By Chance on Camera

The comet 12P/Pons-Brookes is returning for the first time since 1954, and astrophotographers are already discovering new things about it.
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Exploding “Devil Comet” Flying Past Earth Has Spiral Core

It's been nearly 40 years since Halley's comet last flew by Earth — and very soon, it will be headed back our way.
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Halley’s Comet Gearing Up for Its Return Journey Toward Earth

A NASA spacecraft has caught a glimpse of a green comet being buffeted by a coronal mass ejection, a powerful solar storm.
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Amazing Video Shows Solar Eruption Blasting Tail Off Comet

The mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is absolutely blasting out water at a staggering rate, astronomers found.
Astronomy

Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find

New observations by the Gemini South telescope at Cerro Pachón in Chile revealed that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS' tail is growing longer.
Astronomy

Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Solar System Is Changing Shape, New Image Shows

Keck II telescope observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS found "evidence for a puzzling anti-tail extension" pointing at the Sun.
Mars

Mysterious Interstellar Object Has Sprouted a Tendril Reaching Toward the Sun

NASA Scientist Disputes Claim That Mysterious Object Headed Into Solar System Was Sent by Aliens
Exobiology

NASA Scientist Disputes Claim That Mysterious Object Headed Into Solar System Was Sent by Aliens

Astronomers simply can't shake the feeling that there's something really off about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
James Webb Space Telescope

Four Telescopes Confirm There’s Something Deeply Strange About the Mysterious Object Headed Into the Solar System

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered something about the interstellar comet that's never been observed before,
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Just Found Something Extremely Bizarre About the Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Inner Solar System

The stunning photos of the interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, were taken by the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters last week.
Astronomy

Two Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Just Spotted the Mysterious Interstellar Visitor

Astronomer Avi Loeb outlines nine "anomalies" that he says support his hypothesis that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is an alien artefact.
Astronomy

Nine Reasons This Scientist Is Suspicious the Object Screaming Past the Sun Is a City-Sized Alien Spacecraft

Astronomers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows an "extreme abundance ratio" of nickel and iron in its gas plume.
Future Society

The Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System Is Releasing Strange Metals, Paper Finds

Harvard astronomer and alien hunter Avi Loeb is still holding onto hope that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was sent to us by extraterrestrials.
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Scientists Just Found Something Very Weird About the Mysterious Object Hurtling Into Our Solar System