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

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

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

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

Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but ...

Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...

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 Taurids travel at speeds of 65,000mph - but this is relatively slow for a meteor shower and is expected to become visible to people across the UK, depending on cloud cover.

And there are still more meteor showers left between now and New Year's, with at least one fireball event happening at all ...

Between the two meteor showers this week will be the full supermoon of November. A meteor shower is celestial event that ...

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

The Taurid meteor shower could be visible starting around midnight on Tuesday, according to the American Meteorological ...