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 ...
Comet Hale-Bopp was seen in this hemisphere perfectly in 1997 and it was the brightest comet to be seen. In November, the comet will be visible in the evening at 4.5-8 magnitude. It will rise ...
2024 also featured the brightest comet since Hale-Bopp passed by in 1997. The comet in question was Comet A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, and it appeared in our skies during October. The comet ...
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 ...
The researchers said that only one other comet - Hale-Bopp, discovered by amateur astronomers in 1995 - had exhibited similarly polarised light.
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.
When it comes to natural phenomena, I’ve always been drawn to the uncommon. I’ve caught a glimpse of a rare super bloom in Death Valley, spied Comet Hale-Bopp from a viewpoint in Shenandoah and ...