A newly discovered comet will soon be gracing our evening sky. On Sept. 10, Vladimir Bezugly of Dnipro, Ukraine was examining online images of a low-resolution public website showing images obtained ...

Florissant resident and astronomy lead for International Dark Sky, Mark Harter captures Comet Lemmon at Florissant Fossil Beds. (Courtesy Mark Harter) One of the greatest things about living in Teller ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) streaks across the sky ...

Thanks to its orbit, like all Kreutz comets, it will be far easier to see from the southern hemisphere. If the comet survives until perihelion, then fragments as it passes the sun, it could brighten ...

No two comets are exactly alike. Of course, they can appear similar. Two decently bright comets that share a superficial resemblance are gracing our skies right now, in fact: C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. One infamous theory even posited that the interstellar interloper, estimated to be ...

Since early July, telescopes around the world have been tracking just our third confirmed interstellar visitor, the comet 3I/ATLAS—3I, for third interstellar, and ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact ...

A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers with a remotely ...