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 ...

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

For years, we thought a giant comet object smacked into Earth 66 million years ago, signing the collective death certificate of our planet’s dinosaurs. Most believed the murder weapon was either ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The night sky on September 26, showing off Jupiter during Opposition. The inset shows what the planet and its four largest satellites will look like through a telescope or a good pair of binoculars.

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 ...