Recently discovered Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will make its closest approach to the sun and Earth in late April and could potentially be visible to the naked eye. It may end up being the brightest ...

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A new comet has been starting to become more and more visible in the night sky. According to Space.com, on Sept. 10, Vladimir Bezugly of Dnipro, Ukraine was examining online images of a low-resolution ...

Italian astronomers captured rare footage of Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS tearing itself apart in real-time. The comet's October 8 solar pass vaporized subsurface ice, creating gas pressure that cracked the ...

A recently discovered comet known as the "golden comet" has dramatically broken apart into three pieces after a close encounter with the sun, according to new photos captured by astronomers in Italy.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) caught fragmenting by the 1.82 m Copernicus telescope at the Asiago ...

New images show that comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has fragmented after passing its closest point to the sun, ahead of its close approach to Earth later this month. This is not the interstellar comet ...

Despite some similarities and speculation, the new comet likely originated from our solar system's Oort Cloud and is not directly connected to 3I/ATLAS. The comet will make its closest approach to ...

"This comet was not supposed to survive its Oct 8th perihelion (0.33 AU)," Bartlett told SpaceWeather.com. "But it did survive, and now it is displaying a red/brown/golden color rarely seen in comets.

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), discovered on January 3, 2025, by the Mount Lemmon Survey, presented an extended period of visibility in Fall 2025. The comet unexpectedly continued to brighten for several ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This week brings a final chance to easily see Comet Lemmon ...