New analysis on 2017 Hubble images of the Jupiter-family comet, 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak (41P/TGK), indicates that the ...

Space around the Sun contains far more than planets. Scattered through it are smaller bodies made of rock, metal, ice and ...

Predicted to reach perihelion again in 2028, it will give astronomers a chance to get additional insights.

Following a massive cryovolcanic eruption, the mysterious Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has been morphed into a giant spiral ...

This week sees a whole host of planets adorn the evening sky with mighty Jupiter playing a celestial dance with a quarter phase Moon, the brightness of both of those challenged only by Venus.

41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak is now known to be in the Jupiter family of comets, going from a little inside Jupiter's orbit to almost as far as Earth on its 5.4-year orbit. It is notable for its large ...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Jupiter were seen by NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A). Credit: Space.com ...

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.

A city-sized green comet, C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś), is approaching Earth and will soon be ejected into interstellar space, ...

Researchers detail a 2035 Solar Oberth maneuver mission using chemical propulsion to intercept interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS within 35 to 50 years.

The arrival of 3I/ATLAS in our solar system spawned multiple proposals for a rendezvous mission to study it up close. As the third interstellar object (ISO) ever detected, the wealth of information ...

An interstellar comet racing through our solar system released methanol, methane and cyanide, NASA says. Could these life linked molecules hint at how worlds across the cosmos are seeded?