The North and South Taurids occur every year in September, October, and November. They may have originated from a comet that ...

South Taurids are debris from Comet Encke, the largest object from the breakup, and North Taurids are debris from asteroid ...

Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric ...

The Taurid meteor shower originates from the debris left by Comet Encke as it transits through the orbit of the Sun. As Comet Encke passes through our solar system, fragments of it enter Earth's ...

Nicknamed the “Halloween comet,” Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) evaporated during its flyby of the sun on Monday morning. An ESA and ...

They actually two separate showers, with a southern and a northern component, both originating from Comet Encke. The streaks of light you will (hopefully) see in the sky are the result of tiny ...

Most often when the subject of the Taurid meteor showers comes up, they are linked to a comet known as 2P/Encke. We've known about Encke's Comet for a very long time. It was first spotted back in ...

Both meteor showers—referred to by NASA as the “Halloween Fireballs”—are caused by debris from Comet Encke entering the Earth’s atmosphere and peak each year between October and November ...

Known for their distinctive fireballs, these showers, which stem from the same source, Comet 2P/Encke, will peak in the coming nights, with the Southern Taurids reaching their climax on November 4 ...

This cluster is linked to the Encke comet and appears as meteor showers in October and November. While this region has long been intriguing due to its potential to harbor hidden asteroids, scientists ...