In October, a newly discovered comet will streak so close to Earth that people may be able to make out its heavenly fireworks ...

Stargazers will be happy to know that October will see the cosmos compensating for a couple of relatively lean months.There ...

The comet was discovered Sept. 11 as it raced around the sun and is now headed for our evening sky in the next month, with a ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) is a new visitor from our outer solar system. It may be easier to see as it approaches Earth next week ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was discovered on Sept. 11 by amateur astronomer Vladimir Bezugly in images from NASA's Solar and ...

Orionid meteors become visible when debris from Halley's Comet collides with Earth's atmosphere. The Orionid meteor shower ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base. It carried 28 Starlink satellites into orbit. The launch ...

Comet SWAN isn't the biggest or brightest comet that can be seen from Earth, but it could be the last one until Halley's ...

From 1985 to 2014, Jean Mueller supported astronomers from around the world who came to Palomar to use its iconic instruments ...

I nterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is about to vanish from view. Earth and this interstellar interloper will be on opposite sides ...

I/ATLAS stands apart from other interstellar objects because of its size as well as pace, and will soon disappear from ...

Despite their vastly different origins and paths through space, from Earth they appeared side-by-side, creating a rare visual ...