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

If a little stargazing this weekend sound like fun, then a celestial light show is coming. The annual Leonid meteor shower is ...

On November 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae tried to land on Comet 67P. To say it was a bumpy landing would be ...

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 ...

There’s a chance a “Halloween” comet will become visible tonight, with also a possibility of seeing it during the daytime if it doesn’t break apart while approaching the sun, according to ...

28, when the comet was about 44 million miles away, NASA said. The comet comes from the Oort Cloud, which NASA believes is a “giant spherical shell” surrounding our solar system that’s made ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A comet nicknamed ...

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

apparently ignited a renewed surge of excitement by indicating that Comet ATLAS would evolve into a "Halloween treat" which, according to a NASA official who was quoted in the article ...

according to NASA. In fact, it's possible this comet's path could take it out of the solar system altogether.

AP “Then, after swinging around the sun, the comet may reappear in the western night sky right around Halloween.” A NASA report on what Forbes billed as the “Halloween Comet” — found by ...

A week after the northern lights were visible in the Mid-Atlantic, a rare comet made an appearance. But, if you missed it Wednesday, don’t worry; you still have a few more days to catch it.