Lovejoy will be a sight to see in 2015. — -- Here's a cosmic New Year's treat: A glowing green comet will shine brighter into the New Year, providing an incredible opportunity for skygazers to ...

Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been delighted by the spectacular display provided by Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) during mid and late January. After it made its closest pass to the sun ...

Australian astronomer Terry Lovejoy earlier this month discovered a comet from the ground, the first time a comet of this class has been spotted through a telescope on Earth since the 1970s. The comet ...

A celestial occurrence that will not take place for another 8,000 years is currently in the sky over the Roanoke Valley and Salem area. For the next few days and weeks, Comet Lovejoy, a green-colored ...

Veteran astrophotographer Justin Ng of Singapore captured this amazing view of Comet Lovejoy on Dec. 29, 2014 as it was brightening into a dazzling night sky object. Read the Full Story ...

A newfound comet that plunged through the sun's atmosphere Thursday (Dec. 15) — and amazingly survived — was visibly maimed by the encounter, which left the icy wanderer without its long, bright tail, ...

I just had to share this awesome comet photo taken yesterday morning. What a thing of beauty, as sleek as a tailfin on a '59 Cadillac. A few amateur astronomers in Brazil and Australia are seeing the ...

If you’re in your mid-20s or older and remember seeing a comet, it’s a good bet it was Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. Hale-Bopp spoiled us, because it was one of the brightest comets in the past millennium ...

Comets skimming past the sun may seem like ill-fated cosmic snowballs, and a team of scientists is trying to figure out what makes some fizzle and others explode as they make their solar death dives.