Its highly elliptical orbit will take it closest to the sun on ... to the sun and Earth but because it’s liable to outbursts. Comets are giant icebergs in space and hang out in the cold depths ...

Comet—A small solar system body made of ice and dust that moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun. A typical comet has a solid nucleus a few kilometers in diameter. When it nears the inner ...

Quite a few comets pass through Earth's orbits every year, but the so-called devil comet earned a rather unique nickname.

Most cryovolcanic comets orbit the sun on highly elliptical orbits that take them to the outer reaches of the solar system for decades, centuries or even thousands of years at a time. It is only ...