Comet 3I/ATLAS is a visitor that will never call the solar system home. Identified on a one-way path that carries it in and ...
However, new research has revealed that an 11th-century English monk named Eilmer of Malmesbury actually recognized the comet’s periodicity centuries before Halley. Around 1066, Eilmer linked two ...
As it races back into deep space, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has staged an unexpected finale, suddenly brightening and shedding material in a spectacular flare. The outburst, caught by a suite of ...
Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos), originating from the edge of the Solar System, is set to grace Indian skies in a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Over the past 2,000 years, a series of spectacular comets have graced our skies. Without fanfare, they appear seemingly from ...