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 ...

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 Northern and Southern Taurid meteor showers grace the skies each year for more than two months and both branches will ...

Stellar Stories Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS now a faint naked-eye object Moving across the constellation Ophiuchus in the evening ...

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making it seem even bigger and brighter than in August and September. It will reach its full lunar phase on Thursday (Oct 17). In a twist of cosmic fate, a comet is in the neighbourhood.

Known as the Hunter's Moon, it will appear a bit larger and brighter than usual due to its close proximity to Earth.Adding to the spectacle, Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is also expected to be visible ...

The hunter's moon – the first full moon of fall – will rise overnight Wednesday into Thursday in the eastern sky around sunset. As a bonus, this month's full moon will also be a supermoon.

October’s supermoon is the closest moon to the earth this year and it’s teaming up with a comet for a rare ... making it seem even bigger and brighter than the full moon in August and September.