Meet Halley’s Comet, the most legendary wanderer of our solar system, first identified by astronomer Edmond Halley in 1758. This comet has been seen by humanity for thousands of years. Halley’s Comet is a glowing ball of ice and dust that returns like clockwork every 76 years. It is famous not only for its beauty, but for being the only naked-eye comet that regularly visits within a human lifetime—connecting generations across centuries. It last appeared in 1986, and it will blaze across our ski

Comet SWAN is on the move. ☄️ In this imagery captured between Sept. 11 - 22 by NASA's PUNCH spacecraft, comet 2025 R2 (SWAN) moves away from the Sun as the solar wind blows its tail away from the Sun as well, creating the illusion that the comet is “moving backward.” There's even a brief spotting of comet 3I/ATLAS along the way! More about this comet imagery: https://go.nasa.gov/48tp8HF | NASA Science

Neowise comet now visible in the Big Sky: Pictures

Comet Neowise visible in the night sky