The images taken by two Mars orbiters show a bright, fuzzy white dot of the comet, also known as 3I/ATLAS, appearing to move ...
A long-tailed comet named C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was first spotted near the sun on 12 September. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory ...
This year, the October sky could offer a rare spectacle: two comets are expected to become visible simultaneously. The first, discovered recently, follows an extremely long orbit. The ...
Though it won't become any brighter, Comet SWAN will reach its closest point to Earth on Oct. 20, coming within 24 million ...
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the sky-surveying Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of Mars for evidence of ancient microbial life since 2021, but it’s also pulling off a few other tricks … like photographing interstellar ...
It could mean two bright comets will be visible in the night sky at the same time, on the peak night of a meteor shower. Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN), or SWAN R2 for short, was discovered on Sept. 12 by ...