Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. What was your favorite space photo of 2020? There were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. If you’re yet to find Comet NEOWISE with your own eyes ...

A newly released image of the comet NEOWISE shows it survived its encounter with the sun intact. The image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on Aug. 8, shows the dust and gas coming out of the ...

To spot the comet, look below the Big Dipper in the northwest sky after sunset. Comet Neowise is putting on a dazzling display for skywatchers, not to be seen again for another 6,800 years." Using ...

A comet discovered last year is offering scientists new insights into how these objects “turn on” and evolve, as it actually transitions out of the Centaur population and into the Jupiter family of ...

These two Hubble Space Telescope images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), taken on April 20 (left) and April 23, 2020, provide the sharpest views yet of the breakup of the solid nucleus of the comet. Hubble ...

An amature astonomer found the Kruetz sungrazer comet a day before it disintegrated when passing too close to the Sun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Comet NEOWISE will come closest to Earth after sunset tonight, passing at a safe distance of 64 million miles. It will be higher in the sky and easier to see. By the end of July, it will fade as it ...

Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere should enjoy every opportunity to see the new Comet NEOWISE as it streaks across the evening sky for the rest of July. Once it disappears from view, the comet ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has caught the interest of astronomers and amateur enthusiasts alike as just the third object to ...