Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) belongs to a rare group of sungrazing comets.

The observation was described on March 26 in the Astronomical Journal. Nine years ago, comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák—41P ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS stole our hearts in 2025. Discovered on July 1, and only the third known interstellar visitor, it reached its closest distance to Earth before Christmas, and became a ...

A comet, now hidden in the Sun's glare, could become a notable presence in the evening sky by late next week, if it's not ...

If C/2026 A1 (MAPS) survives its close encounter with the sun, it could blaze brightly enough to be seen from Earth.

Indeed, in the end, the tail might be all that is left to be seen of Comet MAPS.

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that the spinning of a small comet slowed and then reversed its direction of rotation, offering a dramatic example of how volatile ...

NASA announced major changes to its approach for moon landings that are expected to play out over the coming years, including axing its plan to build an orbiting station called Gateway. Read on to ...

At the time of the observations, comet 3I/ATLAS had just passed its perihelion, its closest ever approach to the Sun. While ...

In an incredibly lucky cosmic accident, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a comet breaking apart in real time—something ...

A chance change in plans helped the Hubble Space Telescope capture an uncommon event in November 2025: a comet breaking apart ...