Known as Comet PanSTARRS or C/2016 R2, the space body has been alerting experts who noticed it is leaving a bizarre blue trail in its wake. Astronomy photographer Michael Jäger took images of the ...

A comet, named SPMN180524F ... One video shows a girl accidentally capturing the stunning moment the sky flashes blue as she hangs out with friends. She looks into the sky - her face in awe ...

Jehin. Last year, astronomers in Paris noticed a beautiful and distinctive comet, technically called C/2016 R2 but more colloquially known as “the blue comet” for its unusual hue. Now ...

The European Space Agency confirmed that a fragment of a comet did pass over Portugal and Spain before burning up in the atmosphere. A super cool blue-green explosion resulted around midnight.

The comet’s striking color was emitted as it burned up, the air around it heating due to friction as it sped through Earth’s atmosphere. The blue-green hue is indicative of the comet’s ...

Forty years ago this month, there came a show stopping celestial sight — literally a bolt out of the blue. A brand-new comet, that for several days made headlines around the world due to its ...