Look Up! The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Going to Be a Doozy This Year
The number of shooting stars could double this year
Keep Your Eyes to the Sky for the Delta Aquarid Meteors This Month
The late-July meteor shower heralds the popular Perseids
Meteors Will Streak the Skies This Week Thanks to Halley’s Comet
Don’t miss this annual show
Avalanches on Comets May Help Make the Icy Bodies Visible
Tumbling rocks may have lit up Comet Hartley 2, allowing its discovery in 1986
Amateur Astronomers Capture an Asteroid or Comet Colliding With Jupiter
The object recently exploded in the atmosphere of the solar system’s largest planet
A Pair of Comets Are Making a Record-Breaking Pass by Earth
This is the closest a comet has come in 246 years
Scientists Are Trying to Get in Touch With Philae One Last Time
As Comet 67P hurtles further and further away, it’s taking the ‘little lander that could’ along with it
Catch a Glimpse of the Comet Catalina and the Geminid Meteor Shower
The meteor shower peaks next week as comet Catalina gets closer throughout the month
Watch the Philae Lander’s Bouncing Touch Down on Comet 67P
A year after its crash-landing, researchers reflect on the unexpected successes of the mission
Comet Lovejoy is One Boozy Space Rock
The greenish comet that lit up the sky last January releases as much alcohol as 500 bottles of wine every second during its peak
The Orionid Meteor Shower and Rare Planetary “Dance” Make This a Lucky Week for Stargazers
Here’s what the night sky has to offer this week
The Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week
Clear skies and little moonlight make for great meteor watching
Watch the Perseids Peak This Week
Summer’s stunning meteor shower is sure to please stargazers
Philae Proves There’s More to Comets Than Dust and Ice
The lander found organic compounds on comet 67P
Comet Lander Philae Wakes Up From Nap
“Are you there, Rosetta? It’s me Philae”
Rosetta’s Comet Close-Ups Reveal Goosebumps And Very Little Ice
Rosetta is watching for changes as the double-lobed comet approaches the sun
Best Space Photos of the Week: From Solar Flares to Saturn’s Moons
A spitting sun, a well-loved lake and a happy accident on Mars star in this week’s best space images
How to See This Green Comet With the Naked Eye
The “New Year’s Comet” is taking astronomers by storm with an unexpected showing, and it should only get brighter through early January
The Philae Spacecraft Confirmed the Presence of Organic Molecules on the Comet it Landed On
Researchers hope the finding sheds light on how organic molecules might have first arrived on Earth
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