Astronomers have just spotted a new comet, which might be as bright as Venus in our skies in the coming months. The comet has not been formally named but has been provisionally designated A11bP7I. It ...

A newly discovered comet is racing toward a mid-December rendezvous with the sun — a rendezvous that it will likely not survive. The comet is categorized by astronomers as a "sungrazer" and it is ...

Kreutz sungrazers are a family of comets characterized for their super close approaches to the Sun, often within a few thousand miles. Historically, Kreutz sungrazers, such as Ikeya-Seki (1965) and ...

Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) is no more. Now, thanks to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a spacecraft jointly operated by NASA and the European Space Agency, we know for sure how and when ...

A newly discovered comet is racing toward a mid-December rendezvous with the sun — a rendezvous that it will likely not survive. The comet is categorized by astronomers as a "sungrazer " and it is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. While skywatchers around the world have been raving about the performance of Comet ...

The most famous sungrazers belong to the family of Kreutz sungrazers, which come perilously close to the Sun, where they can disintegrate or become extremely bright. Scientists believe they originate ...

A newly discovered comet is set to make a death dive into the sun's atmosphere today (Dec. 15), and scientists will have a ringside seat to watch its fiery demise. The ill-fated comet Lovejoy is on ...

An amazing video captured by the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a spacecraft jointly launched by NASA and the European Space Agency in 1995, shows how a comet gets fully destroyed ...

A comet with a death wish met a truly fiery end on Thursday when it was destroyed by the sun after diving toward the star at a truly jaw-dropping speed. It is one of the brightest sungrazing comet ...

A heralded newfound comet may already be breaking up. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While skywatchers around the world have ...