The Leonid meteor shower happens every year in November when Earth passes through leftover dust and debris from Comet Tempel Tuttle, which creates the fast, bright and colorful Leonid meteors. The ...
Conditions are near-perfect to spot this celestial visitor, which won't appear again in our night sky for another millennium. Reading time 2 minutes This year is a boom time for comets. Not only did ...
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is currently a 5th-magnitude fuzzball low in the northwestern sky. This means that, from a dark site, sharp-eyed observers could glimpse it with their naked eyes. And it's ...
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is currently visible in both morning and evening skies, initially located near the Big Dipper within Canes Venatici before transitioning into Boötes. Its perigee, the closest ...
A bright new solar system comet could put on a show in the October night sky as it zooms past Earth. Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was discovered on Sept. 10 by Ukrainian amateur astronomer Vladimir Bezugly.
The final round of a powerful solar storm will hit the Earth Wednesday night, potentially offering another chance to see the ...
Florissant resident and astronomy lead for International Dark Sky, Mark Harter captures Comet Lemmon at Florissant Fossil Beds. (Courtesy Mark Harter) One of the greatest things about living in Teller ...
MOST OF US LIKELY LAND SOMEWHERE IN THE 30S. THERE’S A COUPLE INTERESTING THINGS GOING ON IN THE NIGHT SKY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS. A NEW COMMENT, OR AT LEAST A NEWLY DISCOVERED COMET. LEMMON ...
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is currently a 5th-magnitude object, with predictions for it to brighten by two to six times, potentially allowing naked-eye observation from dark sites. Its closest approach ...