This fall we see the return of Saturn, Jupiter and Venus, and the possibility of a glimpse at a recently discovered comet. Fall officially began with the autumnal equinox at 8:43 a.m. Eastern time ...

NASA has discovered the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, but the icy snowball object poses ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...

Based on the comet's brightness and current distance — it's located just inside Jupiter's orbit — scientists estimate its ...

Before that, in 1994, fragments of a comet crashed into Jupiter in violent succession, creating a stunning series of bright flashes. A fragment of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impacts Jupiter’s ...

For Jupiter — 11 times wider than our planet — this was a small impact event. Large collisions, like from Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1994, left dark splotches on the Jovian surface, including ...

It’s not often a bright comet is near the Sun during a total solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, catch Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks’ visit to the solar system.

This fall we see the return of Saturn, Jupiter and Venus, and the possibility of a glimpse at a recently discovered comet. Fall officially began with the autumnal equinox at 8:43 a.m. Eastern time ...