Starlust on MSN
A Jupiter-family comet stuns scientists by abruptly reversing its spin after perihelion
Predicted to reach perihelion again in 2028, it will give astronomers a chance to get additional insights.
This newly discovered comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS), a rare Kreutz sungrazer, could blaze brightly in early April — or it could ...
For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN
NASA spotted this comet as it exploded, and it’s full of organic chemicals
NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS flaring dramatically months after its closest pass by ...
Comet C/2024 E1 has been photographed as it nears Earth - but even at its closest, it will still be 150 million kilometres ...
Live Science on MSN
New 'sungrazing' comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn't destroy it
The newly discovered sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will undergo an extremely close slingshot around our star in early ...
NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.
Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to significantly brighten. Even water ice was quickly sublimating into gas in ...
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) fragmented after its October 2025 solar approach, with telescope observations documenting multiple ...
First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...
Evidence from medieval chronicles suggests that the periodic nature of Halley’s Comet was recognized centuries earlier than previously believed.
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