Pons-Brooks and Jupiter were seen by NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A). Credit: Space.com | NASA ...

New research indicates that the water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a molecular signature closely matching that of water found in Earth’s oceans. This discovery revives the ...

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and several years ago he saw something he couldn’t explain. Farnocchia works at ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...

Studying this Jupiter-sized world and its long comet-like tail can teach us more about the physics of space, including how planets and their host stars evolve together over time. "The WASP-69b ...

Although the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 seems like a once-in-a-lifetime event, impacts still occur at Jupiter. You ...

Water is essential to life, yet its true origin on Earth still stirs debate. Scientists have long wondered whether it came ...

Add the Jupiter crash of comet Shoemaker-Levy in 1994, Halley's most recent visit in 1986, vivid comet West in 1976, and the scientifically signifiant—if visually disappointing—Kohoutek in ...

NASA's Hubble Watches Jupiter's Great Red Spot Behave Like a ... 2024 — Researchers studying meteor showers have found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the Sun.

Astronomers immediately became excited about the comet because it appeared to be unusually bright—even when it was still well outside Jupiter's orbit. Careful analysis of a Hubble Space ...

41P belongs to a group of comets know as "Jupiter comets". These are comets that have been captured by the gravity of Jupiter, forcing them in an orbit that takes them between the sun and the gas ...

Asteroids and comets move in paths which are more oval ... Only two of the terrestrial planets have moons orbiting them: Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and has 79 moons.