Comets
Watch Perseid Meteor Shower 2022 Tonight Before Supermoon Ruins the Show
Set to peak on Friday, the Perseids will be outshone by the supermoon on the same night.
NASA Films 'Dirty Snowball' Comet Plunging Into Sun
The object that recently disintegrated may have originated from the breakup of a single, giant comet hundreds of years ago.
Perseids Meteor Shower 2022 Just Kicked Off—Here's How and When to Watch
The peak of the meteor shower falls in mid-August, which unfortunately coincides with the full moon, which may make it harder to see the meteors.
K2 Comet Photos and Reaction After Reaching Closest Point to Earth
The comet presented viewing opportunities for those with access to clear skies and a telescope—though some had more luck than others.
How to See Huge Passing Comet at Its Closest Point to Earth
The comet C/2017 K2 should be visible for anyone with access to a small telescope, and there is also an opportunity to watch it online.
'Hyperactive' Comet K2 Carries Clues to Birth of Solar System
The comet, which comes from a distant frozen region of the solar system called the Oort cloud, is due to make its closest pass by Earth next week.
Roaming Star Could Rain Millions of Comets Down on Earth in Future Doomsday
In over a million years, the star Gliese 710 will reach the edge of our Solar System, disturbing comets in the Oort Cloud. That could be bad news for Earth.
Enormous Comet Has Entered Our Inner Solar System, Heading Towards Earth
The comet won't come near us, but will present a rare chance to closely observe an Oort Cloud comet that carries clues to our origins.
Comet Bigger Than Dinosaur-killing Asteroid to Fly Past Earth
With a telescope, it will be possible to spot the comet and its vast tail of dust, which is tens of thousands of miles wide.
Tau Herculid Meteor Shower May See 1,000s of Shooting Stars From Comet SW3
The tau Herculid shower, if it happens, will be caused by debris from the comet SW3, which shattered into pieces years ago.
NASA Spots Biggest Comet Ever—500 Trillion Ton Ice Ball Headed This Way
The comet, thought to be 80 miles across, has been sized up by the Hubble Space Telescope—despite being a staggering 2 billion miles away.
Spinning Top-Shaped Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Ryugu May Be Dead Comet
The mystery surrounding the origins of the asteroid Ryugu may have been solved with a model that explains its weird shape, loose rubble pile structure, and abundance of organic molecules.
Sun Probe Passes Through Comet's Tail as Space Rock Leaves Solar System
Leonard caused excitement when it zoomed past Earth last month, and a NASA/ESA spacecraft has studied its trail of debris.
Comet Leonard May Still Be Visible as It Heads Out of Solar System
The comet that spent 35,000 years traveling over 300 billion miles toward us is now heading out of the solar system forever.
How 'Don't Look Up' Got the Science Scarily Accurate
Newsweek spoke to planetary scientist Dr. Amy Mainzer about the "Don't Look Up" science and coaching Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence for the movie.
Comet Leonard Seen Speeding Through Sky in Once-in-a-Lifetime NASA Images
The comet, which has been traveling towards us for tens of thousands of years, was caught by two spacecraft before it leaves our solar system forever.
How To See Ursid Meteor Shower 2021, and What To Know About Visibility
The Ursids may have peaked on Wednesday morning, but skywatchers have still got an opportunity to catch the meteor shower given the right conditions.
How, Where To See Ultrafast Comet Leonard at Its Closest Point to Earth
Also known as C/2021 A1, the icy ball has spent the last 35,000 years traveling towards us—and viewing it this month is therefore a once-in-a-lifetime stargazing event.
Photos Show Comet Passing Earth Before It Vanishes Forever
The comet has been spotted flying through the night this month after it was discovered in January 2021.
Watch Livestream of Recently Discovered Comet Sharing Sky With Star Cluster
The comet, named C/2021 A1 Leonard, will pass Earth for the first time in around 70,000 years in what's promised to be a "breathtaking" sight.
Watch This Icy Comet Pass Earth for the First Time in Thousands of Years
The comet, C/2021 A1 Leonard, was noticed at the start of the year and scientists hope it just might be visible with the naked eye.
Taurid Meteor Shower To Peak Week Before November 2021's Beaver Moon
Between October and December Earth passes through debris left by the comet Encke, with pebbles creating fireballs as they hit the atmosphere at around 65,000 miles per hour.
Rare Video Shows Jupiter Being Smashed Into by Huge Space Rock
The enormous gas giant was pummelled by an asteroid or comet, and astronomers captured it in a snapshot via telescope.
Weird Asteroid-Comet Hybrid Space Rock Has Huge 450,000 Mile-Long Tail
The tail of 2005 QN173 is long enough to reach from Earth to the moon and back again.
How to See the Draconids Meteor Shower Next Week
The shower will only peak for a night but has been known to put on some of the most spectacular light shows of the last century.
How Largest Comet Ever Compares to Other Objects as It Approaches Our Sun
Mega comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, which is in our solar system, is so big it was mistaken for a dwarf planet
Video Shows Fireball Shooting Over North Carolina at 32,000 Mph
The meteor broke apart 28 miles above the state and was reported by 148 eyewitnesses.
There's Still Time to See the Spectacular Perseid Meteor Shower
The debris that produces the Perseids originates from the comet Swift-Tuttle, which is in a 133-year-long orbit around the sun.
Highly Alcoholic Comet Offers Clues to How the Solar System Formed
Organic compounds in comets, such as 46P/Wirtanen, can help scientists understand which ingredients served as precursors for life.
The Time Is Best to See Eta Aquariids
The Eta Aquariids is a moderately active shower caused by the debris left behind by Halley's comet.