More than 3 billion miles (4.8 billion kilometers) from Earth, an ancient icy object is slowly awakening. As it drifts inward through the solar system, the frozen body known as Centaur 450P/LONEOS has ...
It has been a busy month for astronomy. In the midst of an eclipse season bookended by the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 and ...
Discovered in 2004 by Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory, the comet bears the name of ...
A more local, icy space rock known as 220P/McNaught is currently streaking across the sky, and observers are taking note of ...
Sometimes images are released before anyone realizes they have been photobombed, meaning something unexpected showed up in ...
Naked Photo-Bombing Comet 28P/Neujmin captured by the Subaru Telescope (white box and enlarged inset). Image Credits: NAOJ. A ...
The study demonstrates the continuing scientific value of Subaru Telescope observations made from Maunakea. By combining a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A newly brightening comet is now visible in the predawn sky ...
It was early January 2025 when a faint light spot was observed at the Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Follow-up observations revealed that the object was a comet visiting from the outer edge of the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A brightening comet is becoming easier to see before sunrise ...