Across Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors.

A meteor cluster reveals an asteroid disintegrating near the Sun. These observations help uncover hidden asteroids and ...

Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1) didn't survive its close encounter with the Sun, ruining its chances of brightening up the night skies. Reading time 2 minutes Bad news for skywatchers: A sungrazing comet that ...

Here's how to see Comet PanSTARRS in satellite images ahead of its close approach to Earth on April 26.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A dramatic breakup near the sun erased hopes of a bright comet lighting up the evening sky this ...

And the excitement continues, with the chances of more celestial treats. Between April 5 and 8, a sungrazer comet was expected to grace the New York City sky—but it did not survive its close approach ...

Imagine a visitor from beyond our cosmic neighborhood. Not just from the next street over, but from an entirely different star system, a place we can only dream of reaching. These ancient wanderers, ...

MAPS was one of a family of comets aptly called Kreutz sungrazing comets, and according to Karl Battams, the principal ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular ...

If C/2026 A1 (MAPS) survives its close encounter with the sun, it could blaze brightly enough to be seen from Earth. A blue-green glow surrounds comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) on March 14. The comet is now ...

The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth.