A comet detected by NEOWISE called C/2020 F3 made a trip around the Sun after first being detected in late March. The comet made its trip near the star and is now bright >>
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Hubble spotted a comet in the midst of disintegrating, and it’s stunning
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of a comet in the midst of fragmentation. Observations of comets as they break up are incredibly rare, and scientists are eager to study and compare >>
‘Alien’ comet from outside our solar system gets an official name
It’s now been a couple of weeks since an amateur astronomer stumbled across what appeared to be the second interstellar object ever observed by mankind. The object, which appears to be a comet-like >>
Astronomers snap photo of second known interstellar object
The astronomy world received a rare treat last week when an object presumed to be from outside our own solar system was spotted for only the second time ever. At the time, very >>
This bright, hazy blue blob is the brightest comet to visit Earth in 2018
For astronomers, spotting things at huge distances is all part of the gig, but sometimes our Solar System takes care of the hard work by bringing interesting objects withing a cosmic hair’s width >>
When NASA pointed its Spitzer telescope at Oumuamua they couldn’t even see it
If there’s one space story that 2018 will be remembered for its the numerous ongoing investigations of the first interstellar object ever to be detected by mankind. Oumuamua, the elongated chunk of space >>
Astronomers might finally know where that mysterious ‘Alien Probe’ came from
Late in 2017 our Solar System received a very peculiar visitor. Called Oumuamua, it was a comet (or was it an asteroid?) with a bizarre shape moving at incredible speed, and it sped >>
NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite spies comet cruising through space
NASA’s new TESS spacecraft — which stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, in case you were wondering — is all ready to get its scientific mission underway, but before its incredible power could >>
