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

W hile many backyard astronomers were waking up early to catch a glimpse of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and its stunning ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

Like Icarus, Comet C2024 S1 flew too close to the sun and vaporized this week. Here's how the "Halloween comet" met its fiery ...

And there are still more meteor showers left between now and New Year's, with at least one fireball event happening at all ...

a space observatory operated by NASA and the European Space Agency spied its demise. The comet is thought to be part of a family of comets that pass incredibly close to the sun.

The comet is thought to be part of a family of comets that pass incredibly close to the sun. The Associated Press Health and ...

NASA confirmed Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft captured the moment when the comet Atlas broke into chunks this week as ...

While the Southern Taurids already hit their peak last week, the Northern Taurids, active Oct. 13-Dec. 2 will be at their best Monday and Tuesday.

Many have already viewed Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), which has been dubbed “ the comet of the century ” — capturing ...

The Suzi Bass Awards drum up excitement in the Atlanta professional theater community every fall, with nominees waiting for November’s big reveal to find out how they fared. This year, Horizon Theatre ...

It is part of the Kreutz sungrazer family of comets that approach the sun, believed to be fragments of a larger comet that broke apart long ago. These comets' orbits typically bring them close to ...