Skywatchers are set for something special after dark on Monday, Oct. 20, through Tuesday, Oct. 21,, when an annual meteor shower produced by Halley's Comet peaks just as two recently discovered comets ...

If you enjoy light shows, there's one in store this week, thanks to Halley's comet. NASA said debris from the famous comet, known as the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, will reach its climax on Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON — The Orionid meteor shower will put on a cosmic show in the night sky this week, giving stargazers a chance to see up to 20 meteors per hour. The Orionids will peak on Tuesday, Oct. 21, ...

Two comets, Lemmon and SWAN, are visible in the night sky through October 2025. Comet Lemmon will appear green and is best viewed in the northwest sky after sunset. Comet SWAN is dimmer and best ...

The Orionids — one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley’s comet — will peak with the arrival of a new moon, providing an excellent opportunity to see shooting stars without ...

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Learn more about how C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) looked as though it had passed its perihelion without fragmenting, but now it seems ...

Learn what makes Comet 3I/Atlas, the third interstellar object ever observed entering into our solar system, so significant for space research.