A small comet has been spotted slowing down and then speeding up again – but in the opposite direction, which we have never ...

Across Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the ...

STARRS, also known as comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS), is visible before sunrise until next weekend. Here’s how, when and where ...

The Lyrids meteor shower is about to start in 2026. Here's everything people in Florida should know before “shooting star” ...

The Lyrid meteor shower returns to Nevada skies this April. Here’s when it peaks and how to find the best viewing spots.

Now through April 20, Comet PanSTARRS will best be viewed in the early morning sky about 60-90 minutes before sunrise. It ...

Learn how Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) disintegrated during its close solar pass, forming a “headless wonder,” and what this ...

The Lyrids meteor shower is about to start in 2026. Here's everything people in Oklahoma should know before “shooting star” ...

Comet C/2025 R3 in my Unistellar telescope on April 10, 2026. (WTOP/Greg Redfern) A brightening comet, C/2025 R3, is now visible low in the eastern sky before dawn. The comet appears in the ...

Every year, the Lyrid meteor shower occurs between April 16 and 25, decorating the sky with brilliant streaks of light. The ...

Chief among these will be the opportunity to see the Lyrid meteor shower safe from the light of the Moon during the peak night of 22/23 April.

Representative organic matter is marked in microscopic images of lunar soil samples brought back by Chang'e 6 (top) and Chang ...