Comets
See Comet C/2015 ER61 PanSTARRS at its Best
Have you been following the Springtime parade of bright comets? Thus far, the Oort cloud has offered up several fine…
Comet Halley Plays Bit Part In Weekend Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
Enjoy the wonder of seeing bits of Halley's Comet rain down as the Eta Aquariid meteors Saturday morning.
Surprise: Comet E4 Lovejoy Brightens
Had your fill of binocular comets yet? Thus far this year, we've had periodic comets 2P/Encke, 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková and 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák all…
See Mercury At Dusk, New Comet Lovejoy At Dawn
There are so many cool astronomical sights to see in late March including Mercury and a brand new comet!
Rosetta Images Show Comet’s Changing Surface Close Up
Recently-released images from the Rosetta space probe show how the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko changes over time
Catch Comet 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák At Its Best
Miss out on comet 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková? Is Comet 2P Encke too low in the dawn sky for your current latitude?…
Comet Encke Reemerges in the Dawn Sky
Miss out on Comet 45/P Honda-Mrkos-Padadušáková last month? We'll admit, it was fairly underwhelming in binoculars... but fear not, there's…
This Asteroid Broke In Half, and Then Both Halves Grew Tails Like Comets
Analysis by a team of international researchers has found an asteroid pair has formed tails after they split, making them…
Here’s Something We Never Thought We’d See on a Comet: Shifting Dunes
The Rosetta mission’s close-up views of the curiously-shaped Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko have already changed some long-held ideas about comets. But here’s…
Video of Green Comet 45P Puts You Close To The Action
Watch Comet 45P pirouette end over end in this detailed radar view of the comet's nucleus.