Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, a cold-volcano comet that has long intrigued astronomers, recently became the focus of a stunning discovery. After a major explosive outburst on February 10, 2026, the ...
Discovered in 2004 by Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory, the comet bears the name of history’s most prolific individual comet finder. 220P/McNaught belongs to the ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just stumbled into the kind of cosmic moment astronomers usually only dream about: a comet caught in the act of coming apart. Research team members were unable to view ...