November’s supermoon is the second of three supermoons this year and also the closest: The moon will come within just under 222,000 miles of Earth. Tides may be slightly higher during a supermoon ...

The Beaver Moon is almost here. The big, bright supermoon will rise over Mississippi soon. What you need to know to see it, ...

A team of astronomers, spearheaded by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of ...

Short-period comets get close to the sun much more often than their long-period kin, and every time they do, they deplete ...

A cosmic light show linked to one of history’s most famous comets is set to dazzle Canadian skywatchers overnight, as the ...

The meteors, per the American Meteor Society, are active annually from around Oct. 2 to Nov. 7 and can each streak up to ...

Already in full swing, the Orionid meteor shower may have reached its peak overnight on October 20-21, but the show is still ...

Comet Lemmon's nucleus is believed to be just a couple of miles in diameter. This is relatively small compared to other ...

When will Halley's Comet appear next? All this comet talk has stirred interest in Halley's Comet, the most famous of all ...

NASA says the meteor shower is best viewed during the pre-dawn hours, but the sweet spot is between midnight and 2 a.m. Make sure to look to the southeast sky, near the direction of the Orion ...

A pair of once-in-a-lifetime comets are rocketing through our skies right now, and it's a rare treat because they won't be back for hundreds of years. The comets, C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 ...

WASHINGTON — The Orionid meteor shower will put on a cosmic show in the night sky this week, giving stargazers a chance to see up to 20 meteors per hour. The Orionids will peak on Tuesday, Oct. 21, ...