NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...

Some astronomers believe that Jupiter, instead of protecting Earth from dangerous comets and asteroids, is actively flinging objects into the inner solar system. New research now demonstrates this ...

Jupiter comet’s water matches Earth’s oceans, may have brought water to globe: NASA. Story by Kapil Kajal • 2d. N ew research indicates that the water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ...

These things take millions of years to go from one stellar neighborhood to another, so this thing has likely been traveling ...

The debate as to how Earth became a water-rich planet has been reignited following the publication of new research that points to a potential cosmic culprit: Jupiter-family comets.. NASA ...

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

The comet C/2022 E3 ... our solar system and is in the process of making its only recorded appearance visible from Earth. The comet, ... in March 2022 as it made its way through Jupiter's orbit.

Researchers have found that water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a similar molecular signature to the water in Earth's oceans. Contradicting some recent results, this finding reopens the ...

Jupiter is being accused of actively flinging dangerous objects into the inner solar system that could impact Earth. Some space experts believe the huge planet protects Earth from comets and ...

While astronomers watched comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's Jupiter crash from Earth, NASA's Galileo spacecraft — which was en route Jupiter at the time — captured stunning images of the collision.

The recent bruising Jupiter received from a cosmic impact is a violent reminder that our solar system is a shooting gallery that sometimes blasts Earth.

Jupiter already has an abundance of moons, but from 1949 to1961 it had another, temporary satellite in the form of a comet trapped in thegas giant's gravitational grip. Comet 147P/Kushida ...