It will be a while before you can see it for yourself, however. Halley’s comet was last visible from Earth in 1986, meaning ...

What better way to celebrate the start of May than by catching a glimpse of a meteor shower? While the 2020 eta aquarid meteor shower peaked on the evening of May 4, it may also be visible in some ...

The Eta Aquarids get their name from the bright star Eta Aquarii in the constellation Aquarius, as the meteors appear to radiate from this point in the sky. These meteors are fast-moving and often ...

Two decently bright comets that share a superficial resemblance are gracing our skies right now, in fact: C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) ...

NASA says the meteor shower is best viewed during the pre-dawn hours, but the sweet spot is between midnight and 2 a.m. Make ...

Short-period comets get close to the sun much more often than their long-period kin, and every time they do, they deplete ...

A team of astronomers, spearheaded by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of ...

Orionid meteors become visible when debris from Halley's Comet collides with Earth's atmosphere. The Orionid meteor shower ...