There's a long list of named meteor showers left in 2024, with at least one meteor shower being active at all tim ...

Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...

Comet A3 hasn't been past Earth since the Neanderthals. Your last chance to see it is approaching fast. Here's where and how ...

In particular, the Rubin Observatory’s decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time, starting up in 2025, may double the list of known Oort Cloud comets, which now stands at about 4,500.

But, in a year already filled with so many astronomical treats, it looks like we will be able to add a comet to the list. Comet C/2023 A3 making closest pass to Earth Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has ...

Comet A3 is the best opportunity in years to ... And some states, like Utah and Michigan, have many. We've compiled a list of some of the darkest places in each US state for the best front-row ...

In particular, the Rubin Observatory's decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time, starting up in 2025, may double the list of known Oort Cloud comets, which now stands at about 4,500.

But newer telescopes are helping. In particular, the Rubin Observatory’s decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time, starting up in 2025, may double the list of known Oort Cloud comets, which now ...

NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spotted Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) as it made its ...

The Orionids — one of two annual meteor showers from Halley's comet — peak early Monday. A bright waning moon may make them ...

The so-called "Halloween comet" vaporized as it flew within 1 million miles of the sun on Monday, its destruction captured by ESA and NASA observers.