The annual Leonids meteor shower is due to peak next week, hopefully giving stargazers a treat to brighten up the dark winter ...

A meteor shower will peak in the skies over the UK this week as the Earth passes through the dust and ice tail of comet Encke ...

The Taurid meteor shower is about to reach its peak tonight across the UK, with the coming days expected to produce some ...

THE Taurid meteor shower is set to peak tonight, casting “slow and bright” shooting stars across the sky. These fireballs, ...

The Neighbourhood Policing Team conducted a short operation on High View, focussing on motoring offences. A spokesperson for Hertfordshire Constabulary said: "This is in response to numerous concerns ...

While the Southern Taurids already hit their peak last week, the Northern Taurids, active Oct. 13-Dec. 2 will be at their best Monday and Tuesday.

The Leonid meteor showers are among the night skies' most spectacular. Here's where to look and how to best see the spectacle ...

This year's viewing conditions were more favorable for the Southern Taurids with just 15% illumination at its peak. But for ...

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

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

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