Comet-Pan-STARRS will be at its brightest on Sunday night (March 10), but there is more to the comet than meets the eye. See the six oddest facts about Comet Pan-STARRS here, ...

Halley’s comet, which cuts a path through the solar system and orbits the Sun every 76 years or so, is one of them. The 20th-century Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, intrigued by the long-period ...

The first bright comet to grace the skies in years is now flying high in the Northern Hemisphere. Here are six things you might not have known about Comet Pan-STARRS.

1. Gotta love those long-hairs. We’re talking comets, of course. The word derives from kometes, ancient Greek for “a head with long hair.” 2. While the Greeks began using the term about 2,500 years ...

However, the comet’s exact brightness is uncertain. It could be far away enough to reflect the sun’s light and be clearly visible, or it could be washed out by the sun’s light, rendering it ...

11 Cool Facts About Comets By Macrina Cooper-White Associate Science Editor, The Huffington Post 21/10/2013 12:58pm BST ...

The Devil Comet is making an appearance after taking a 71-year trip around the sun.

Comet Olbers was last seen from Earth in September 1956. After this summer, its next close approach will be in 2094. Related: How to make a comet A commet is drawn in white pencil on black papter.

This was the brightest comet in the Northern Hemisphere since Comet Hale–Bopp, which was visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months between May, 1996 and December, 1997.

Comets from the solar system’s deep freezer often don’t survive their first encounter with the sun. Now one scientist thinks he knows why: Solar warmth makes some of the cosmic snowballs spin ...

After intercepting the speeding comet, a wealth of findings. The photo recently released by ESA and taken by OSIRIS wide-angle camera on the Rosetta space probe, Nov. 22, 2014. ESA/Rosetta/OSIRIS ...

One of the most fascinating details about Comet NEOWISE is that it won't return to our skies for another 6,800 years. But that's not the only thing that makes this icy space rock special. So let's ...