Comets

Kieron Vernon, Coventry, UK, 11 July 2020. Equipment: Sony a7III camera, Sigma 24-70mm lens, ISO 800, 20x6”.

Observing guide What comets and asteroids are in the sky tonight?

Comet C/2017 O1 ASASSN by José J. Chambó, Valencia, Spain. Equipment: GSO 8

Gallery Comet C/2017 O1 ASASSN

Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson by José J. Chambó, Valencia, Spain. Equipment: GSO 8

Gallery Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson

The 'skull-like' imprint left behind by the Philae lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Philae’s second comet landing site found after 6 years

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) captured from Deir el Qamar Lebanon, overseeing Majdel El Meouch top, during nautical twilight, 5 July 2020. Taken by Maroun Habib. Equipment: Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera, TMB92SS telescope. Credit: Maroun Habib.

Comet NEOWISE Catch it before it fades from view

Jason Durrant, near Beccles, Suffolk, UK, 11 July 2020. Equipment: Sony A7III, Tamron 28-70mm lens, ISO 3200, 5

Gallery Comet NEOWISE blazes across the night sky

Comet McNaught over South Australia. Credit: John White Photos / Getty Images

10 great comets of recent times

Hubble captures the break-up of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS). Credit NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA), Q. Ye (University of Maryland)

Eye On The Sky Hubble captures the break-up of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

See if you can spot Comet C/2020 F8 Swan in the late spring night sky. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Comet C/2020 F8 Swan will be visible this month. Here’s how to see it.

A view of comet C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS on 21 March 21st 2013, Carinthia/Austria at AMOS Observatory. Credit: RenePi / Getty Images

How to see and photograph comet C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS

Comet Hale-Bopp, photographed by Alan Hale, Cloudcroft, New Mexico, 1996. Credit: Alan Hale (used with permission)

Comet Hale-Bopp: the story of a visitor from the edge of the Solar System

An artist's impression of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter. Credit: NASA

Radio Astronomy Podcast Chasing comets, Indian lunar ambitions, Juno at Jupiter

ESA's new Comet Interceptor mission will send a spacecraft to study a pristine comet entering the Solar System for the first time. Credit: Comet Interceptor

Interview How Comet Interceptor will encounter a pristine comet in space

An artist's impression of a pristine comet entering the Solar System with the comet interceptor waiting to initiate contact in Earth's orbit. Credit: ESA

The new UK mission to catch a comet

Four images of Jupiter and the impact of fragment W of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, captured by the Galileo spacecraft on 22 July 1994 from a distance of 238 million km from Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL

Impacting Jupiter: the story of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9