Abstract: According to Muñoz-Gutiérrez et al. the orbit of comet 1P/Halley is chaotic with a surprisingly small Lyapunov time-scale of order its orbital period. In this work we analyse the origin of ...

The comet could be amongst the brightest seen in our skies for 20 years, if the weather is good enough to see it. It will get ...

Learn more about Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), which may be visible from the Southern Hemisphere in mid- to late-January.

It might be called the curse of comets – over and over again, hopes have been raised of a dazzling curve of light across the ...

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Some have long-period orbits taking thousands of years, while others are short-period comets that return more frequently, such as Halley's Comet (approximately every 76 years). Comets are ...

Halley's Comet takes about 76 years to orbit the sun once and will not enter the solar system again until 2061. The comet is named after English astronomer Edmond Halley, who examined reports of ...

The Sun-skirter comet C/2024 G3 is visible from the southern hemisphere this week as it makes its second-ever swing around our Sun.

Here's a round-up of space missions and cosmic events just around the bend in 2025. Several companies will attempt moon ...