We provide the latest details on this comet, which might (or might not!) blossom into a bright naked-eye object in our October evening skies. We are now coming down the home stretch regarding ...

Abstract: During the Leonid meteor shower in 1998, a faint glow in the direction of the dust trail of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle was discovered using photometric observations (Nakamura et al. 2000, ApJ, ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The comet was discovered on August 12, 2023 by Hideo Nishimura during 30-second exposures with a ... [+] standard digital camera.

Active between November 3 and December 2 each year, the Leonid meteor shower is caused by dust and debris being left in the inner Solar System by Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. Although they can appear ...

A comet heading towards our planet might be visible to the naked eye in the next few months. The comet, named Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), was first discovered in early 2023, and has been ...

One expert predicts that the comet could reach peak brightness by the second week of October, nearly as bright as Venus, making it faintly visible even in daylight. We could see a comet pass ...

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The Leonids are usually one of the more prolific annual meteor showers, with fast, bright meteors. The Leonid meteor shower is associated with the Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The radiant (the point where ...

This striking deep-sky image details a cosmic cacophony of nebulas, stars and a periodic comet with an orbital period of 85 years. The rare encounter was captured in exquisite detail by ...

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The last time the comet was spotted was 50,000 years ago. Nasa officials said the icy visitor was first spotted in March 2022 while it was inside the orbit of Jupiter. It has been visible to those ...