This comet is one of the brightest that we’ve seen on earth since 1997! It’s not very often that we get to experience the visual bliss of a soaring comet. Are you ready to learn about comets?

Discover ten surprising facts about comets, including Comet Halley and why comets are dirty snowballs! Click to learn more.

A massive chunk of comet was spotted crashing into our fiery Sun. And perhaps unsurprisingly, it doesn't look like the rocky body didn't make it out intact.

What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System Rebecca Allen, Swinburne University of Technology; Kirsten Banks, Swinburne University of Technology, and Sara Webb ...

Dark comets are often small, just a few metres to a few hundred metres wide. This leaves less surface area for material to escape and form into the beautiful tails we see on typical comets.

In 2017, astronomers found an object they’d never seen before. Now, it’s part of a growing category of elusive ‘dark comets’ – and we might find more soon.

A comparison of dark comets and bright comets set against the Milky Way. On the left, a small, rocky, dark comet represents their typical size of one metre to a few hundred metres wide.

Like bright comets, dark comets follow elongated, elliptical paths that bring them close to the Sun before sweeping back out to the farthest reaches of the Solar System.

An icy volcanic comet that is three times as large as Mount Everest, nicknamed the "Devil Comet," erupted again Nov. 14. This is the fourth explosive event for 12P/Pons-Brooks since July 2023.

A rare green comet that orbits the sun once every 50,000 years is about to fly right past our planet. Come Feb. 1, comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will make its closest approach to Earth, and its position ...

Researchers studying meteor showers have found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the Sun. In a new study, they ascribe the differences to the conditions in the ...

A long-period comet that hasn’t been near Earth for 50,000 years is now visible with the naked eye.