A video filmed by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shows a rare glimpse of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as seen from the ...

Right now, south of the equator, amateur astronomers are watching a comet that's just emerged from behind the sun. Soon, it ...

The actual Great Comet of 1811 (which lasted into 1812) was visible for 260 days—the longest period for any comet until Hale–Bopp in 1997. In War and Peace, Pierre observes an “enormous and brilliant ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS originated from the Oort Cloud, a bubble of ice and dust that surrounds our solar system. It was ...

Comets take the name of the discoverer, whether that be a human or an automated telescopic survey that robotically inspects ...

The Comet was a wooden paddle steamer built in Port Glasgow by John Wood & Sons between 1811-12. It was owned by 19th Century entrepreneur Henry Bell. It was recently discovered in the fast tidal ...

Sung through in the style of an opera, the musical feels driven by a radiant, pulsing heartbeat that thrums through the ...

Unistellar, a pioneer in intelligent telescopes, is once again mobilizing its entire community for a participatory ...

Theatergoers may not leave Writers Theatre’s magnificent regional premiere of “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” ...

She is in Moscow awaiting her fiancee’s return from the war when she finds a new romance in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” performed Sept. 5-Oct. 27 at Writers Theatre.

Based on Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” the material is not for all tastes. But none of that detracts from my enthusiasm for ...