This year, the October sky could offer a rare spectacle: two comets are expected to become visible simultaneously. The first, discovered recently, follows an extremely long orbit. The ...

It could mean two bright comets will be visible in the night sky at the same time, on the peak night of a meteor shower.

Skywatchers are in for a treat this October. Two comets, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), may become visible to the ...

A long-tailed comet named C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was first spotted near the sun on 12 September. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

Space is filled with thrilling things to see, from full moons to eclipses, meteor showers and comets, each offering their own distinctive spectacle. And 2025 will be a good year to see comets.

NEW YORK (AP) — A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked-eye spectacle. Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud ...

CLEVELAND — A three-mile wide comet named “NEOWISE” lit up the sky early Tuesday morning. Photojournalist Mike Vielhaber and traffic reporter Jon Rudder were some of the lucky few who woke up before ...

Comet Neowise soars in the horizon of the early morning sky in this view from near the grand view lookout at the Colorado National Monument west of Grand Junction, Colo., on Thursday. The newly ...