The comet is currently on a 69-year orbit around our planet and was last seen soaring through the sky in 1956. According to ...

Quite a few comets pass through Earth's orbits every year, but the so-called devil comet earned a rather unique nickname.

Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new ...

Every 13-15 years, Saturn is angled in a way in which the edge of its thin rings are oriented toward Earth – effectively ...

WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...

Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and ...

Learn how you can see bright Jupiter from Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops, in December's ...

Could they wipe out a city, or worse? Is it possible that’s already happened, sometime in our planet’s past? As a physicist ...

Comets that rarely swing past the sun could ram into our planet, but we could spot them using the "crumb"-like meteoroid trails they leave behind, a new study suggests. Many comets visit the solar ...

Typically at the point of “perihelion” — which is defined as the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun –many comets fall apart due to intense ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Former planet Pluto may have been miscategorized yet again. A recent analysis of its atmosphere showed that it may be something we've never seen before — a comet ...

No totality, no darkness, no corona, no planets (OK, maybe one), no comet. Just a “smiley face” sun through eclipse glasses. Planet-spotting during totality is fun, and because totality will ...