Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the ...

NASA observes largest Oort Cloud comet, C/2014 UN271, exploding with CO gas jets, thanks to ALMA’s deep-space capabilities.

The monsterous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 isn't just the largest icy rock in the Oort Cloud, it's the second most ...

Consisting of 99% air, aerogel is the world's lightest solid. This unique material has found purpose in several forms—from ...

Despite fears that it may be disintegrating, the comet is still intact, and was spotted by NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft on the other side of the sun. Stock image of a comet. Comet C/2023 A3 may ...

And what, you ask, is the Oort Cloud? Scientists describe it as a giant spherical shell around our solar system made of icy, comet-like objects. NASA officials said the comet made its closest ...

Ioannis Michaloudis, a Greek artist, masterfully blends art and science by transforming NASA's aerogel, initially used to ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will round Earth mid-month, but an astronaut on the International Space Station captured amazing photos of it circling the sun. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

Comet E3 is set to pass by Earth at the end of this month, coming its closest to Earth on February 1. Until then, though, NASA has shared a spectacular E3 comet photo. This particular E3 comet ...

Some of these comets even come within a few thousand miles of the sun, according to NASA. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, a similar comet, has also been making its historic orbit around Earth ...