Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...
Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...
A meteor shower is celestial event that happens when Earth passes through the path of a comet or rather, the trail of debris ...
According to the American Meteor Society, Earth encounters the Southern Taurids stream first each year, around September 23.
Stellar Stories Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS now a faint naked-eye object Moving across the constellation Ophiuchus in the evening ...
On Friday November 15, the final supermoon of the year, the Beaver Moon, will be visible from the UAE – and we should get a ...
These two dates are when the meteor showers are at their height of activity, although they’ll be around for much longer than a single night. The South Taurids run from around September 23 to November ...
From my backyard I got to see an aurora and a comet with my naked eyes ... they were close enough to the sun to be heated so all the very light, or volatile molecules, such as water or carbon dioxide ...
This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.
The Northern Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak Monday night into Tuesday. Here’s what to look for and how to see it.