Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

Reintroducing Hawaii's sacred crow, how desert ants find their way, pterosaurs paddle-like tails, and how gophers rebuild ...

Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...

A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet Venus. The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), is making a beeline for the ...

Comet ATLAS brightens as it nears the Sun, providing scientists with valuable data on solar wind interactions and offering a ...

Following the Quadrantids meteor shower, another incredible sky event is about to take place: comet Atlas C/2024 G3 will soon ...

New observations suggest that Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), which recently became visible to the naked eye, might be breaking ...