“When a comet approaches the Sun, it gets warmer. Heat causes its ice to sublimate into gas, and these gases and dust become a glowing coma and tail that can extend millions of miles,” NASA explained ...

Several other recent comets have also "grown" anti-tails as they passed by Earth. The most notable examples were the green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), which developed an anti-tail as it passed by Earth ...

The comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), with a yellow tail. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The most anticipated comet of 2024, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) can be observed by the naked ...

Here are a few other great comets of recent times. Comet PANSTARRS is a non-periodic comet discovered in June 2011 that became visible to the naked eye when it was near perihelion (the point in ...

A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ghosts and ghouls. NASA confirmed Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A comet nicknamed the “Halloween comet” disintegrated on Monday during its closest approach of the ...

Swap your car for this electric scooter This image provided by NASA shows Comet Atlas, nicknamed the Halloween comet, approaching its closest to the sun, October 2024, as seen in this real-time ...

Photographers have captured a comet in the skies above East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Comet A3 was first spotted in January 2023 at the Tsuchinshan Observatory in China. Since 12 October ...