Historic Leonid meteor shower to peak in weekend sky
Most people have heard of meteor showers, when a few dozen shooting stars may dash across the night sky when the conditions are right. However, the next meteor shower on the calendar has a rich history of producing epic meteor storms that sound like science fiction rather than reality.
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1), nicknamed the “Halloween comet,” could fragment, lose its head and disintegrate and as it passes ...
The so-called "Halloween comet" vaporized as it flew within 1 million miles of the sun on Monday, its destruction captured by ...
Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...
NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spotted Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) as it made its ...
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) is due to pass closest to the sun on October 28, and may be visible to the naked eye in the days before and after.
So, much of the damage was done before it got close to the sun, giving our nearest star a partial pass on being the full ...
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 ...
Calling all star-gazers! A once-in-a-lifetime comet is still visible in the Tennessee skies. The Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS is currently visible to the naked eye. It was brightest on Oct ...
The comet was as bright as the North Star until Oct. 16. And as it continues to move away from Earth, its brightness is diminishing but still could be visible with the naked eye until Oct. 26 ...
Don't miss the the celestial wonder on spectacular display on Tuesday night—if you do, you'll be waiting a while to see it ...
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