The direction, distance and motion of the comet through the sky during its closest approach could have made it seem like it was hovering over Bethlehem when Jesus was said to have been born.

We are in Germany and it's winter, so we can confidently assume that it is cold, with possible snow covering the fields and roofs of houses. Here we meet the protagonist of this story, farmer and astronomer Johann Georg Palitzsch.

Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere. Both hail from the outer edges of our solar system — possibly what's known as the Oort Cloud, well beyond Pluto. Comet Lemmon will have its ...

Comet Lemmon was captured over Mauna Kea during its 2025 pass, showing its path and brightness as part of long-term sky records

Astrophotographers observing Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) captured how rapidly Earth’s near-space environment is being polluted by artificial satellites. The post Astrophotographers capture night sky full of satellites as comet passes Earth appeared first on Talker.