The newly discovered object dubbed the Great Comet of 2026 may become visible to the naked eye during its close solar pass in April.

The comet is now racing away from the sun following a close flyby on Jan. 20. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news ...

A newly found comet is well on its way toward the sun, set to reach its nearest point come spring. The comet, dubbed C/2026 A1, was discovered by a group of French scientists at a Chilean observatory ...

NASA reported on February 12, 2026, that archival observations from the NEOWISE mission captured the formation of a black hole from a massive star in the Andromeda galaxy. The star, designated ...

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the third known interstellar comet ever spotted. When scientists turned NASA’s ...

The newly discovered sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will undergo an extremely close slingshot around our star in early April, and could become bright enough to be seen without a telescope during ...

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) could be visible in dark skies with the naked eye if it continues to brighten. NASA explains how to see it. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Here's why JD Vance was booed at the Winter ...

A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers with a remotely ...

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In early April the comet will pass within just 120,000km of the sun's surface. If the comet survives, it could become a spectacular sight in the evening sky in early April. It may even become visible ...

A comet discovered in late 2025 has a high likelihood of flashing across the sky above Boone County in late April. Comet C/2025 R3 is the official name of the celestial object, but scientists have ...