Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new ...

Orion is belting out a show for Earth. A stunning meteor shower containing traces of the famed Halley’s Comet will pass by Earth with peak viewing opportunities this weekend. The Orionids ...

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Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric ...

This year's skywatching peaks with the Orionids meteor shower, showcasing bright meteors against the night’s brightest stars, ...

The Orionids will be visible between September 26 and November 22, but will peak in activity in the early hours of October 21 this year.

Most meteor showers originate from the debris of comets. The source of the Orionids is Halley’s comet. When rocks from space enter Earth’s atmosphere, the resistance from the air makes them ...

Skygazers should have a chance to see the Orionids, one of the year's most beautiful meteor showers, just in time for Halloween.

Halley’s comet is the most famous of this type ... the southern evening sky and is approaching the time when its rings will be edge-on as viewed from Earth. This happens every fourteen years or so, ...

Nicknamed the “Halloween comet,” Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) evaporated during its flyby of the sun on Monday morning. An ESA and NASA telescope captured its demise.

Comets have long been seen as omens and portents, and it's easy to understand why. They first appear as faint smudges of light in the sky, sometimes fading soon after and sometimes becoming brighter ...

Find out how comets are connected to some of our favorite annual astronomy events with November's Night Sky Notes!