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A Jupiter-family comet stuns scientists by abruptly reversing its spin after perihelion

Predicted to reach perihelion again in 2028, it will give astronomers a chance to get additional insights.
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Could the remains of a 'dead' comet still be in the solar system?

The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the ...

Jupiter-family comet 41P/TGK slows down and reverses spin after perihelion

New analysis on 2017 Hubble images of the Jupiter-family comet, 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak (41P/TGK), indicates that the ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the process

Interstellar comets are the original cosmic explorers, and by studying their metallic whispers, we are learning the secrets ...

This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward.

First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...
AOL

NASA's Hubble telescope gets another look at 3I/ATLAS. Here's what it found

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS – again. For months, 3I/ATLAS has attracted plenty of attention – and become the source of bizarre alien spaceship conspiracies – as it ...
Florida Today

Countdown clock to 3I/ATLAS. When will interstellar comet pass by Earth?

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS – in July and on Nov. 30, 2025. An ESA orbiter bound for Jupiter also observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. How big is 3I/ATLAS ...
USA Today

Where is 3I/ATLAS now? How to track interstellar comet as it nears Earth

The comet originated from outside our solar system and poses no danger to our planet. NASA officials have rejected theories that the object could be an alien spaceship. While not visible to the naked ...