In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...

Astronaut Don Pettit took this stunning photo of a nearby comet from the International Space Station ...

One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

although some can orbit on much shorter timescales. Halley's Comet, one of the most well-known comets, orbits about every 75 ...

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In 2P/Encke's case, it orbits every 3.3 years, the shortest orbit of any known periodic comet. Related: Comets: Everything you need to know about the 'dirty snowballs' of space Encke is pretty big ...

A society of eight members devoted to the worship of Encke's Comet. Talk story about the people who were born in 1848, the year of the comet. The Long Way Home After a Cancelled Flight Had I ...

Comet Encke is the so-called parent comet of the Taurid meteors. It’s relatively small, just over 3 miles (almost 5 kilometers) in diameter, and crosses inside Earth’s orbit and back out every ...