On Sept. 18, 1965, amateur astronomer Kaoru Ikeya and professional astronomer Tsutomu Seki each independently discovered what became the greatest comet of the century, Ikeya-Seki. When researchers ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) ...
When the comet Ikeya-Seki curved around the sun last October, many a stargazer’s camera was focused on its fiery trail. But two California Institute of Technology researchers were deter mined to ...