A comet (or asteroid) likely caused the Tunguska Event in 1908 in Russia, and a comet fragment likely triggered the rapid ...

Known as the flower moon, May's full moon will reach peak illumination at 12:56 p.m. ET on Monday, May 12, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. May's full moon will be a micromoon, which is when the ...

The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...

A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked ...

Want to see a shooting star? ETA Aquarids meteor shower becomes most active around May each year as Earth passes through debris left by Halley's comet ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly falling apart has been spotted by astronomers after they detected an ...

The comet won't swing close to Earth like Tsuchinshan-Atlas did last year. Other notable flybys included Neowise in 2020 and Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake in the 1990s. The comet, also designated C/2025 ...

the comet in question is Halley’s Comet, which readers of a certain age may have been lucky enough to see when it passed close to Earth in 1986. At first glance, this may seem surprising.

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The last time comet Halley was seen by casual observers ... unlit part of the moon because the sun’s light reflects off the Earth's surface and back onto the moon," according to timeanddate.