RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Sky gazers have been spoiled the past few weeks, from the Aurora last week, now a photogenic comet and ...

Meteoroid streams and meteor showers are fascinating celestial phenomena that occur when Earth passes through trails of debris left by comets or asteroids. These streams consist of small particles ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

An international team of 45 researchers studying meteor showers has found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the sun. In a paper published in the journal Icarus ...

Comets and Meteors Quiz, Part 1 Is that a plane, satellite, comet, or meteor streaking across the night sky? Take this quiz to see how much you know about comets and meteors.

There are many meteor showers throughout the year that stargazers are able to enjoy. Around 30 major showers light up the night sky and are visible from Earth every year. Most showers happen around ...

Do you know what’s going on in the sky above your head? Despite all our technological advances, we still don’t understand much about the comets, asteroids, and meteors hurtling around our cosmic ...

more than 40 tonnes of meteoroids hit our planet, with larger chunks of comet debris becoming fireballs The blue map tracks their position in the skies over our planet with the main showers ...

Unlike a majority of the meteor showers we see on Earth, the Geminids are the product of an asteroid, not a comet. The reliable shower produces bright meteors associated with the asteroid Phaethon ...

Check out these top stargazing tips from scientists and see how much you know about comets and meteors with our quiz. How much you know about meteors and comets? What information do we collect ...

Countless celestial objects traverse the cosmos, each with its own unique characteristics and potential impact, literally, on Earth. Among ...