The latest eruption of the cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which will make its closest approach to Earth next year, shows that the icy object may have lost its iconic devil horns for good.

When the comet erupts, its coma forms iconic devil "horns." These occur because 12P's large nucleus, which spans around 10.5 miles (17 kilometers) across, ...

While astronomers are not certain what caused the horns, they believe it could be due to the comet spewing gas and dust unevenly. One theory is that it’s a shadow effect.

A mesmerizing partial solar eclipse bearing the “Devil’s Horns” will be visible across portions of the United States and North America later this week. At sunrise Saturday, a “deep partial ...

Rock on: 'Devil comet' will bring its horns swooping by Earth this summer Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks does not pose a threat to the planet, but there's a chance it will be visible to the naked eye this ...

A “devil’s horns” or "solar horns" eclipse is stunning. It happens during a partial solar eclipse, when the moon only covers part of the sun’s disk.

Hawaiians will glimpse “devil's horns” as two limbs of the sun poked above the horizon at sunrise on October 2. As the sun appears on the eastern horizon at 6:23 a.m. HST ...

The iconic horns of the devil comet, 12P/Pons-Brooks, were missing after its latest eruption. But the comet's coma, or atmosphere, did have a green glow and sported a shadowy streak instead.