A newly discovered comet is rapidly brightening and could become visible from Earth — if it survives an extreme close encounter with the sun on April 4.
The newly discovered object dubbed the Great Comet of 2026 may become visible to the naked eye during its close solar pass in April.
An interstellar comet can glow in X-rays even while remaining hundreds of millions of kilometers away. That is what makes 3I/ATLAS unusually valuable to astronomers. The object, only the third known ...
Astronomers are tracking a newly discovered comet, C/2026 A1 (MAPS), which has the potential to become one of the brightest ...
A recently discovered sungrazing comet, C/2026 A1 MAPS, is expected to make a dramatic passage near the Sun in early April 2026. If it survives the intense heat and gravitational forces of its solar ...
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), captured from the Dark Sky Alqueva Observatory in Portugal on October 2, 2025, glows green as it nears its closest approach to Earth. Here’s how to see this rare green comet ...