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

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

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

Some of these comets that pass close to the Earth are classified as “potentially hazardous”. LPCs may cause up to 6 per cent ...

Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...

A recently discovered comet that scientists and amateur astronomers hoped would be visible on Halloween was in an orbit a … ...

From revealing the comet's rubber-ducky shape and unique auroras up close to discovering Earth-like gases streaming from the ...

Once they are close enough to the sun to be heated, the volatile materials evaporate, and the released clouds that are lit up by the sun are what we recognize as comets. About half ... will be edge-on ...

You don’t need a telescope or binoculars to see the Leonids. To ensure good viewing conditions, you should go to the darkest ...

Two meteor showers, both streams of debris from the same massive object that broke apart 20,000 years ago, are happening at ...

What an autumn it’s been for stargazing all around the world. Between the frequent Aurora and Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas and all ...

Northern Taurid Meteor Shower in US: As autumn sets in across the northern hemisphere, skywatchers are gearing up for the ...