Well he should, because those few brief seconds — in July of 1956 — gave young David Levy a star to wish upon for the rest of ...

What happens when a comet collides with a gas giant? In July 1994, Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter in a spectacular series of 21 explosions, creating fireballs bigger than Earth itself. This was ...

NASA's Juno Probe captured a cloud formation on Jupiter resembling a dolphin, seen by Brian Swift and Sean Doran. This ...

Jupiter has many satellite transits visible ... reflecting off billions of meteoritic particles. An absence of bright comets leaves us hoping for an outburst from an unruly Centaur or the fresh ...

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the ...

in the constellation Cassiopeia and Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, which orbits between Jupiter and Neptune. Here’s when you’ll see the next full moon, comets constellations and more.

encircled by a belt of distant comet-like objects, similar to the sun's Oort cloud, could spawn 'Oumuamua clones with regular frequency. But the process is enhanced in systems that host Jupiter ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Main-belt comet 311P is a small celestial body located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It possesses characteristics of both traditional comets and asteroids, read the statement.

Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...