So-called dark comets exist in two classes, large objects in the outer Solar System and smaller ones closer to the Sun, a new ...
The phenomenon, known as an anti-tail, is an optical illusion caused by the Earth's position in the comet's orbital plane. Reading time 2 minutes As Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) barrels its way ...
NASA has announced that it will soon release new images of the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas. These pictures were captured using both spacecraft equipment and powerful space telescopes. The update has ...