It is good to be back and there is plenty to explore in the December night sky. Starting on Tuesday is the comet C/2025 T1 ...

When a faint green smudge appeared in images from a backyard telescope in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 22, 2025, astronomers did not expect it to upend basic assumptions about how comets work. Yet ...

More often than not, you may truly not deserve the hardships you are facing. You may be an almost-perfect person, one who has ...

For millennia, Halley’s Comet has terrified and inspired those who saw it blaze across the sky. This episode traces its incredible path from ancient Chinese astronomers to Edmund Halley’s ...

Edmond Halley, born November 8, 1656, is recognized for his mathematical prediction of Halley's Comet's return in 1758, despite not being its discoverer or having observed it. Halley applied Isaac ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS-only the third known visitor to enter our solar system from beyond-has surprised astronomers again, this time with a sudden, unexplained acceleration near the sun that ...

DETROIT — Red Wings rookie Emmitt Finnie is the Kentucky Derby longshot that paid off. He’s a winning lottery ticket and a lightning strike all rolled into one As a seventh-round draft selection, the ...

No two comets are exactly alike. Of course, they can appear similar. Two decently bright comets that share a superficial resemblance are gracing our skies right now, in fact: C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and ...

A spectacular celestial display will soon be visible. The Orionid meteor shower, which is known to produce fireballs on occasion, is expected to peak overnight Wednesday, according to NASA. Recognized ...

Already in full swing, the Orionid meteor shower may have reached its peak overnight on October 20-21, but the show is still set to go on for another couple of days. Like nearly every Orionid show, ...