Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...

are remnants of a cosmic event that occurred around 10,000 years ago when a large comet broke into pieces. The South Taurids ...

If you missed the chance to see fireballs of the Southern Taurids light up the sky last week, don't worry. The second branch ...

Cloudy with a chance of axions: An axion cloud around a neutron ... This is because dark matter hardly interacts with anything as far as we know, making it very difficult to detect. So far, searches ...

Oct. 21, 2024 — A new modeling study shows that the El Nino event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, was present ...

This event is linked to Halley’s comet ... craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a new study suggests.

To have the best view, go to as dark a location ... occurs when "Earth passes through the debris left behind by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle during its highly elliptical orbit around the sun every ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House raises questions about what role his administration might play in the push for ...

Plus, "streams from long period comets specifically aren't as prone to perturbations from the larger planets," Samantha ...

especially high-energy electrons may fall out of Earth's inner radiation belt, according to a new study -- an electron 'rain' that could threaten satellites, and even ... NASA's Hubble ...

"Our ambitious Rosetta mission has secured a place in the history books: not only is it the first to rendezvous with and ...