NEOWISE, NASA’s retired infrared telescope, has tracked numerous near-Earth objects and discovered a rare comet since 2013.

The rocky bodies, which look like asteroids but act like comets, could comprise up to 60% of near-Earth objects.

Comets are icy bodies that formed alongside the planets in the early Solar System before being flung into its distant outer ...

Exclusive: New images have been released ahead of the official opening of Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 at the ...

It’s only two years since known objects that look like asteroids and move like comets became numerous enough to get a name, ...

The origin of Earth’s abundant liquid water is still debated. Research suggests some water came from volcanic vapor that ...

Scientists have revived the theory that short-period comets could have played a crucial role in filling Earth's oceans with ...

Water. All life on Earth requires it in some way or another, and it's hard to miss that roughly 70% of our planet's surface ...

A celestial object found in 2021 within the asteroid belt was confirmed as a main-belt comet, distinguished by its icy composition and comet-like behaviors when near the Sun. Researchers emphasize the ...

Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 which marks new Artistic Director Tim Sheader’s directorial debut at the Donmar House. See the photos. Sheader directs Declan Bennett (Pierre), Chumisa Dornford ...

This image, taken by ESA’s Rosetta navigation camera, was taken from a about 53 miles from the center of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on March 14, 2015. The image resolution is 24 feet per ...