Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

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

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

On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...

From revealing the comet's rubber-ducky shape and unique auroras up close to discovering Earth-like gases streaming from the ...

Such comets pose a risk to Earth and can ram into the planet without being detected ... Most of the actual parent comets were ...

The Leonid meteor shower, considered a major shower, will bring along fireballs and "Earth-grazer" meteors. How to watch.

About half all comets are from the region known as the Keiper belt ... Jupiter is rising in the East soon after sunset and will reach opposition, its closest approach to Earth in early December. The ...

The Northern and Southern Taurid meteor showers grace the skies each year for more than two months and both branches will ...

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

November's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will be the last supermoon of the year, and you can catch it next week.