For years, we thought a giant comet object smacked into Earth 66 million years ago, signing the collective death certificate ...

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

Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? In a paper ...

the comet was originally identified as an asteroid. Ultimately, its true cometary nature was detected due to its rapid brightening as it moved from the inner orbit of Jupiter through the Solar System.

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and ...

However, inside the orbit of Jupiter, the sun's gravity is great enough to make the meteoroids orbit the sun rather than the barycenter, hence they become heliocentric. "Long-period comets spend ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.

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.

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

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 ...

"Long-period comets spend most of their lives so far away from the solar system that they feel the tug from the barycenter," said Pilorz. "But every few hundred years they swoop inside Jupiter's ...

Meteor showers can be spectacular, but predicting when and where they’ll appear in the night sky has often been a challenge.