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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.
Your host for the weekend? Dr Matt Agnew—yep, the former Bachelor and scientist—will be guiding the sky tour with a ...
It's officially spring now. A week or so ago I sat in the Adirondack chair outside and soaked up some 73-degree sunshine, ...
It’s said that if you catch one in the night sky the universe might grant you a wish. On any given night, shooting stars are ...
One of the oldest known meteor showers, the Lyrids, will peak in the very early hours of Tuesday, April 22, when around 18 ...
The Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers can both be seen starting in late April, with viewing opportunities in both the ...
See the Eta Aquariid shooting stars radiating from Aquarius as Earth passes through Halley’s Comet’s debris, from April to ...
The annual display of Lyrids, famous for bright “fireball” shooting stars, will occur from April 17-26, peaking on April 22, ...
Meteor showers are the result of comet debris that remains behind. When Earth passes through this dust, the particles incinerate.
Here's an observers' guide to the newly discovered Comet 2025 F2 (SWAN), which is visible in northern skies right now.