Comets — those small, icy objects orbiting the sun — act like floating time capsules, offering a window into the early days of our solar system's formation and holding clues about the origins ...

2024 also featured the brightest comet since Hale-Bopp passed by in 1997. The comet in question was Comet A3, also known as ...

The small photos of Comet Hyakutake and Comet Hale-Bopp in the initial color astrophoto montage do not do them justice. Here they have been reprocessed for a larger display. The photo of Comet ...

And high above, comet Hale-Bopp hung suspended like a feathery fishing lure, its tail curving off a bit, as if blown to the side by the punishing wind. One by one, stars winked on in a darkening sky.

On a cold, clear night in Sheffield in 1997, some people were out on the Moors looking for the comet Hale Bopp. But as well as the comet, they got an extra surprise… ...