I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

The newest comet was discovered by amateur astronomers, who spied it in photos taken by a camera on a spacecraft operated by ...

Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud beyond Pluto, has been visible through telescopes and binoculars over the past few ...

The newest comet was discovered by amateur astronomers, who spied it in photos taken by a camera on a spacecraft operated by NASA and the European Space Agency to study the sun. The comet won't ...

who noticed the comet in photos captured by the SWAN camera on the European Space Agency's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, according to Spaceweather.com. Multiple astronomers ...

Halley’s comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet, last seen in 1986, leads to two major meteor showers every year including the Eta Aquarids. When this meteor shower ...

NEW YORK — A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked-eye spectacle. Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud ...

The newest comet was discovered by amateur astronomers, who spied it in photos taken by a camera on a spacecraft operated by NASA and the European Space Agency to study the sun. The comet won’t ...