When you look up at the night sky and spot a bright streak of light racing across it, you’re witnessing one of nature’s most mesmerising events — a meteor, often called a “shooting star.” Despite the ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

This December's dazzling display comes from a strange asteroid with comet-like behavior—and a tail of debris that astronomers say shouldn’t exist. Hundreds of Geminid meteors blaze across the night ...

The Geminid meteor shower is considered one of the best and most reliable of the year. It is expected to peak between Saturday, Dec. 13, and Sunday, Dec. 14, in 2025. Viewers can see up to 120 ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — An extraterrestrial visitor lit up the night sky across Michigan on Sunday evening. The bright flash, caused by a falling meteoroid, could be seen from Jackson to the Upper ...

It's cold outside, but stargazing is going to be heating up in December. The Geminid meteor shower, which is one of the best displays of the year, is about to peak. In Providence, the sky is supposed ...

The green comets visible in the night sky are now at their minimum distance from Earth, so they should be at their brightest in the night sky. Comet Lemmon (also called C/2025 A6) and Comet SWAN ...

Two comets are converging in the night sky this month You can see an online livestream of the comets via the Virtual Telescope Project later this week The comets are called C/2025 A4 (Lemmon), and ...

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The two green comets continue to shine brightly in twilight each evening for lucky skywatchers with binoculars in the Northern Hemisphere. For observers on Friday, Oct. 24, the bright Comet Lemmon ...