Comets are common in the universe, but not a lot of them are frequent visitors to our solar system. Those that do take the ...

The North and South Taurids occur every year in September, October, and November. They may have originated from a comet that broke up about 10,000 years ago.

A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...

As we round the corner of 2024, there are plenty of events happening when you should keep your eyes to the sky.

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

A decade ago, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) had just wrapped up the yearslong process of building a ...

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 ...

The stunning shower, which is caused by debris like ice and dust from Comet Encke passing through our solar system and ...

The annual Leonids meteor shower is due to peak next week, hopefully giving stargazers a treat to brighten up the dark winter ...

Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.