This meteor shower is caused by a comet, but not the one we're seeing in the early evening sky. It's caused by the dust left in space from Halley's Comet. That comet will be visible in our skies ...

There have been signs of instability in the comet. It has undergone at least one outburst, which is what it sounds like: a sudden release of dust and gas, causing the comet to brighten significantly, ...

Quite a few comets pass through Earth's orbits every year, but the so-called devil comet earned a rather unique nickname.

That marked a view of comet dust that the telescope had not seen before. “LASCO has seen many beautiful comet transits during its decades of operations, but seeing a side-on view of a comet’s ...

A newly discovered comet met its demise during a dangerously close encounter with the Sun, breaking apart into chunks and destroying any hope of being spotted for Halloween. NASA and the European ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

celebrated as the “Comet of the Century” by skywatchers, recently dazzled observers with a brilliant and extensive dust trail ...