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Harvard scientist Avi Loeb speculated that NASA’s recently released photos of 3I/ATLAS could potentially point to its ...

Michigan skygazers, there's still time left to bundle up under the night sky and enjoy dazzling shooting stars, and even a pair of comets. The Orionids, Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids meteor ...

The Orionid meteor shower peaks Monday night and early Tuesday (Oct. 20-21), when as many as 10-15 meteors per hour could be visible, but only if skies are mostly clear skies and you are away from ...

While most meteor shower displays last about a week, the Taurids have perhaps the longest duration of overall visibility. Meteors from this particular stream begin appearing in mid-October and ...

Three glowstick green comets, all discovered this year, could make a spectacular naked-eye appearance this month. The fiery triplets could not have come at a better time. The nights are dark, crisp ...

This coming autumn brings a thrilling lineup of comets visible from both hemispheres, framed as a “parade of comets” for skywatchers to enjoy—made all the more compelling through coordinated ...

The Leonid meteor shower is peaking this week, potentially bringing hundreds of long-tailed meteors with it. This annual fall ...

A new, exciting chapter has begun at the University of Hawaii 2.2-meter telescope. The University of Hawaii Institute for ...

The typically clear summer weather of the Willamette Valley allowed many of us to glimpse Comet NEOWISE last month, low in the northwest as evening twilight faded. C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered ...

Gather your little ones for story time with the National Air and Space Museum. Museum educator Ann Caspari will read the original story "Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets." The solar system has smaller ...

Florida sky-gazers are in for a celestial double feature this month as two newly discovered comets make their closest approach to Earth in a once-in-a-lifetime event. Comets C/2025 A6 Lemmon and ...