There are lots of objects floating around in our solar system, but one thing most have in common is a common origin, and then ...

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the ...

A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It ...

Dean Regas chats with astronomer David Levy, unpacking the discovery of the famous Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Listen in and find out how you can start chasing comets yourself.

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter in 1994, creating an explosion thousands of times more potent than Earth's nuclear arsenal.

Had the comet hit Earth instead, it would have been devastating – much like the impact believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Video shows a giant flash of light on Jupiter, from an asteroid or comet hitting its surface. It's rare to capture footage of Jupiter collisions, but an amateur astronomer managed to record it.

Large comet impacts are rare, but small ones could deliver the ingredients for life to a hidden ocean on Jupiter's moon, researchers say.

The enormous gas giant was pummelled by an asteroid or comet, and astronomers captured it in a snapshot via telescope.

In 1994, the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) impacted Jupiter, which had captured the comet shortly before (and broken apart by its gravity). The event became a media circus as it was the first direct ...

Jupiter is like the hockey goalie of the heavens. This week, the solar system’s largest planet stopped another large object, scientists said.