The 2020 holiday season featured a "Christmas star" when Jupiter and Saturn appeared extremely close and shined together, and this year, stargazers are in for another gift as the brightest comet ...

Santa Claus is not the only one coming to town this season. It's also time for the return of a comet we only see once every five years — 46P/Wirtanen, or as it's more commonly known, the ...

Comet 46P/Wirtenan, nicknamed "The Christmas Comet," will be brightest on the night of Saturday, December 15.

Comet Leonard—the hoped-for bright “Christmas Comet”—is reported to have brightened yesterday. Here's how, when and where to see it by the astronomer who discovered it.

AIR AND SPACE Christmas comet burns brighter as it flies past Earth Named after a researcher at the University of Arizona, Comet Leonard is visible from much of the United States ...

This photo of Comet Leonard, also known as the Christmas Comet, was captured Dec. 6, 2021 by Adam Block at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory.

This photo of Comet Leonard, also known as the Christmas Comet, was captured through a telescope Dec. 6, 2021 by Adam Block at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory.

The comet 46P/Wirtanen just made its closest approach to Earth in centuries. No word on the whereabouts of Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Cupid, Donner or Blitzen (and Rudolph).

This is the third comet of Lovejoy’s to be visible around Christmas time. Last year, Comet Lovejoy C/2013 R1 could be seen faintly from the northern hemisphere throughout November and December.