Astronomers have spotted unusual molecular activity in the largest Oort Cloud comet, comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein (C/2014 ...

Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...

Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the comet in the footage. Credit: NASA/STEREO/Karl Battams | edited by Space.com's ...

Vomit Comet “These measurements give us a look at how this enormous, icy world works,” said lead author Nathan Roth of American University and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. “We’re seeing explosive ...

Scientists aimed ALMA at the comet in March 2024 and saw carbon monoxide — a gas that usually doesn’t show up in observations that far away — gushing out of its surface in jets. The team also picked ...

Meteor showers like the Boötids happen when Earth passes through debris left behind by a comet. In this case, the dust ...