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A disintegrated comet has left behind a glowing dust cloud—here’s how to spot it before it vanishes from the northern sky.
One of the oldest known meteor showers, the Lyrids, will peak in the very early hours of Tuesday, April 22, when around 18 ...
See the Eta Aquariid shooting stars radiating from Aquarius as Earth passes through Halley’s Comet’s debris, from April to ...
The annual Lyrid meteor shower will peak on Tuesday, delivering up to 20 shootings stars per hour to the skies over the UK.
No specialist equipment is needed to view the meteor shower, with telescopes and binoculars ... of the Earth passing through the debris from Comet Halley.
Most observers required binoculars or small telescopes to appreciate its ethereal glow ... which was associated with a bright comet now known to be Halley’s. Medieval European societies typically ...
Exactly 35 years ago this week, the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo hatch. Four ...