spacecraft may look like when it arrives at Comet Tempel 1 on Valentine's Day. The University of Chicago’s Dust Flux Monitor Instrument will be among the instruments collecting data from Tempel ...

The Leonid meteor shower is named after the constellation it appears to come from, in this case Leo, but it is actually produced by debris from comet Tempel-Tuttle, also known as 55P. Read more ...

An “ancient” comet that won’t be seen again for tens of thousands of years will be visible Thursday night, after traveling from beyond the solar system to within its closest point to Earth ...

The yearly spectacle occurs when the Earth passes through the debris field left behind by the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. This year, under a dark sky after the moon has set, you might see 10 to 15 ...

BOSTON - It isn't often that we get the chance to see a comet with the naked eye. But, in a year already filled with so many astronomical treats, it looks like we will be able to add a comet to ...

A comet that was last viewed by the Neanderthals tens of thousands of years ago could be seen tonight, with astronomers calling it the “comet of the century”. Scientists have said Comet A3 ...

Learn when, where, and how to see the Orionid meteor shower, peaking in late October, with up to 20 meteors per hour from Halley's Comet's debris. The Orionid meteor shower is active between Sept.

Have you seen Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS yet? If you want to see something to rival Thursday’s global display of Northern Lights (or if you missed the entire show), the sight of a naked-eye comet ...

An ancient comet is gracing our night skies this month. Catch it now because it won’t be back for another 80,000 years. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, discovered in 2023, is expected to be visible ...

BOSTON - Comet Atlas has been flirting with Massachusetts. It began very low in the eastern horizon a few weeks ago and now it has reappeared in the west in the evenings. However, until now ...

A once-in-many-lifetimes comet is zipping by Earth right now. Comet C/2023 A3 — known simply as Comet A3 — was first discovered last year and was first visible in the night sky earlier this ...

(The number of meteors a single observer would see in an hour of peak activity with a clear, dark sky and the radiant at the zenith). The Leonid meteor shower will be active from Nov. 3 to Dec. 2 ...