A rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I Atlas is currently drifting through our Solar System. At first glance, it might ...

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an ...

Australians will have their only chance to spy a newly discovered blue-green comet scorching past Earth during the next fortnight – coinciding with the flashy peak of a meteor shower – before the ...

The once-in-170,000-years Comet C/2025 R3 is reaching peak visibility.  — Wikipedia/Dimitrios Katevainis A rare celestial event is set to dazzle skywatchers this month as a once-in-170,000-years ...

New study highlights origin of comet that brought reign of dinosaurs to an abrupt end. A new study led by the scientists of Harvard University has put forth a new theory that coul ...

An incoming comet is already making waves as potentially the brightest of its kind that could be visible from Earth in 2026. The comet, formally known as C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS,) has been brightening in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A newly brightening comet is now visible in the predawn sky ...