The Leonid meteor shower, which started on Nov. 3, will peak above the Connecticut skies beginning on Nov. 17.

Earth-grazers are meteors that streak close to the horizon and are known for their long, colorful tails, said NASA. 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 ...

Many people were able to see comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as it passed by earth, either unaided or with binoculars or a ...

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 ...

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

Like their southern counterparts, the Northern Taurids originate from Comet Encke, which has the shortest orbit ... in size, ...

While the Southern Taurids already hit their peak last week, the Northern Taurids, visible Oct. 13 to Dec. 2, will be at ...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Jupiter were seen by NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A). Credit: Space.com ...

Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the ...