Comets — those small, icy objects orbiting the sun — act like floating time capsules, offering a window into the early days of our solar system's formation and holding clues about the origins of life ...

Even though so much of what we see in the night sky is predictable, comets, those icy relics left over from the earliest days of our solar system, still offer lots of uncertainty. Once a new comet is ...

CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO. July 23, 2005 marks the ten-year anniversary of the discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp, and co-discoverer Dr. Alan Hale is announcing plans for an event to celebrate the occasion.

Fifteen years ago on this day, the comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth, at a distance of 1.315 AU (1 AU = 93 million miles). The comet had been discovered independently by two amateur ...

Pristine means pure and unchanged. Earth still boasts pristine forests, deserts and much untouched seafloor. When astronomers use the word in regard to comets they're talking about an object that's ...

CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO. Dr. Alan Hale, co-discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp which shone in our nighttime skies eight years ago, is announcing a fundraising campaign to help develop an astronomical ...

Scientists are firing four arrow-like rockets beyond the outer reaches of the atmosphere to help solve the mysteries of the Hale-Bopp comet and possibly yield clues about the birth of the universe.

The camera captured a heavenly sight -- Comet Hale-Bopp, shining brightly in the desert night sky, floating away from the viewer. From the desert floor, the eye behind the camera saw the comet just to ...

On October 8, golden comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) had its closest pass to the Sun. It was just 49 million kilometers (31 million ...