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.

The widely talked about Comet 3I/ATLAS will pass by the sun on Thursday, but it will be December before stargazers can get a glimpse of the object. The first reported observations of the comet were made in July by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial ...

Astronomers may be closing in on the age and origin of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it barrels toward the center of our solar system. A new study that models the last 4 million years of the comet's journey through the Milky Way hints that the ...

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is rapidly approaching Earth, giving skywatchers an extremely rare opportunity to spot the sparkly comet Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto via Getty Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) is making a rare appearance in Earth's skies, after rapidly ...

NASA lost contact with the MAVEN orbiter immediately after it photographed interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, sparking claims the agency cannot release the highly anticipated images

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. These are the first two comets visible to amateur skywatchers since Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in October 2024.