A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up to 14.

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object passing through our solar system, is sparking global interest due to its potential to advance our understanding of space monitoring. Although the ...

For the third time in history, NASA has observed an interstellar traveler passing through our solar system. Multiple US and international observatories captured Comet 3IATLAS since its July 1 ...

Observations with the instrument SPHERE at ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of "debris disks" in exoplanetary systems. Gaël Chauvin (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy ...

A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye this week, and its name should give you a clue about where it was spotted first. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) was discovered early this year by ...