A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...

There are already preliminary plans on how to visit one. The ESA's Comet Interceptor is designed to visit a long-period comet. The Interceptor mission has three spacecraft, and each one will study ...

G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.

The Rosetta spacecraft has been trailing a comet for the last two and a half years, on a slow, spinning ride to it's ultimate destruction. But science thanks you, Rosetta. Video courtesy of ESA.

From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the comet ...

starting with ESA's Ramses mission for planetary defense and then the Comet Interceptor spacecraft." From this point, the CubeSats will be switched on every two months during Hera's cruise phase ...

way back when ESA first launched the Rosetta spacecraft in 2004. The latest instrument Philae is using is a type of hammering device, shown below, that will penetrate the comet's surface and ...

Over the weekend, comet C/2024 (ATLAS) made a grand appearance in images from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The comet will continue to blaze through SOHO’s view for the ...

This understanding is essential for predicting how future missions, like the upcoming Comet Interceptor, will measure plasma density during flybys, as the observed distribution can vary ...