The Leonids one of the more prolific annual displays are usually fast, bright meteors and are associated with Comet ...

The Leonid meteor shower is set to delight stargazers, sending shooting stars streaking across the night sky.The Leonids – ...

This shower may result in around 15 visible meteors per hour under ideal viewing conditions — something not entirely possible ...

In April, the astronomer said that he had discovered a large asteroid with a diameter of about 200 meters, potentially dangerous for the Earth ...

As six major meteor showers remain or are set to peak by the end of 2024, here's how those in central Kansas can have the ...

This particular shower comes from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which takes about 33 years to orbit around the sun and back near ...

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

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 ...

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

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

Set your calendars on Nov. 18 (probably) for the Leonids meteor shower in the peak morning. You don't need a telescope to ...