Comet Catalina and its dusty tail can be seen ... To see more amazing night sky photos submitted by Space.com readers, visit our astrophotography archive. Editor's note: If you have an amazing ...

On the right is a steplike feature, probably built up from multiple ponding ... Looks Like When You’re Close Enough to Touch It (gallery of stunning comet photos) ...

Between ICE and Deep Impact’s Nov. 4 encounter with Comet Hartley 2, four missions managed to take close-up photos of comet nuclei. Giotto returned a lot of useful information, finding that the ...

NASA's Stardust-Next spacecraft flew past Comet Tempel 1 at 8:38 Pacific time Monday night, snapping photos as it sped by ... "We know every time a comet comes close to the sun, it loses material.

Comet Hartley 2 is looming larger in a space probe's field of view, and in the cameras of earthbound stargazers as well. But there are even better views to come, on Earth and in the heavens.

In its final hours, the Rosetta spacecraft has revealed a series of incredible photos as it ... reaches the comet’s surface, but in the meantime, the last few close-up images of its surface ...

Neowise cozied up to the sun in early July. Hubble's observations acted as a sort of health check. "Other comets often break apart due to thermal and gravitational stresses at such close ...

Watch how Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) met its demise after traveling close to the sun. Imagers aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the its fateful dive. Credit: Space.com | ...

People in Kern County can expect to see a rare comet starting Saturday night. Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is expected to make its closest pass on Saturday and is likely to be visible for about a week ...

they heat up and spew gases and dust into a glowing head that can be larger than a planet. This material forms a tail that stretches millions of miles. Some comets do not survive close encounters ...

After ICE and before Deep Impact's latest encounter, four missions managed to take up-close photos of comet nuclei. Here's a brief rundown of those four, along with Deep Impact's mission ...