In order to find the ancient Three Leaps of the Gazelle asterism you must first locate the Big Dipper, which is high in the ...

Back in 1986, when the comet last swung through the inner solar system, it lost about 1/1,000th of its mass. Rice said that ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked eye sometime in the coming months. When it happens, the nova will ...

Astronomers are excitedly waiting for the arrival of a new light in the sky this year that appears once every 80 years. The ...

Halley's Comet holds a special place of significance and popularity among both the general public and the astronomy community ...

Astronomers are once again getting excited about a rare nova that could appear in the night sky anytime from now into the ...

These meteors are fast-moving and often leave bright streaks across the night sky, visible to the naked eye for anywhere from several seconds to minutes.

Eta Aquarid meteors and northern lights will peak tonight, offering skywatchers across the US a rare celestial show.

A meteor shower famous for its speedy balls of space debris that spectators can spot streaking across the night sky is due to ...

Already popular in the Netherlands and featured in a Netflix show, ‘family constellations’ are billed as a solution for ...

The Eta Aquarids will peak the evening of May 5 into the pre-dawn hours of May 6, according to NASA. According to NASA's ...

Following closely on the heels of the Lyrid meteor shower , the Aquardis (also sometimes spelled Aquardiis) meteors are some of the best astral views of the year, especially from the Southern ...