Here's the most important information if you want to glimpse the Leonids this November.

The Leonid meteor shower is expected to make its annual appearance in the night sky on Nov. 18, seen in the direction of the ...

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

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

The annual Leonids meteor shower is due to peak next week, hopefully giving stargazers a treat to brighten up the dark winter ...

The South Taurids originate as debris from Comet Encke, while the North Taurids are debris from asteroid 2004TG10. Each ...

If you missed the chance to see fireballs of the Southern Taurids light up the sky last week, don't worry. The second branch ...

Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is a centaur, a class of objects that orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. However, it displays ...

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

Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through dusty debris trails left by comets and other space objects as they orbit the ...

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

Comet C/2023 P1, Nishimura visible from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Space.com Newsom calls special session to ...