There's a giant, peanut-shaped object orbiting the Sun, and it’s name is Halley’s comet. Like all comets, it’s a cosmic ...

Every 75 years, a ball of fire streaks across the sky. But that's no fireball. It's Halley's Comet. And you're about to hitch ...

Two exhibitions on view in New York delve into artists' long-standing fascination with the unknown, and what it says about ...

We are in Germany and it's winter, so we can confidently assume that it is cold, with possible snow covering the fields and ...

When the 3 rd -century Christian theologian Origen of Alexandria attempted to account for the unusual movements of the Star ...

The light shows keep coming in 2026. Here's a calendar of full moons, supermoons, eclipses and meteor showers over Redding and the North State.

Then there was the September discovery of C/2025 R2 (SWAN), a comet so bright that even when it was near the moon on ...

Christmas Day in 1809 saw a surgical first thanks to Dr Ephraim McDowell, the American physician who performed the world’s ...

Life on Earth may have begun with a gift from a comet. Its existence was once threatened by an asteroid. Its future may ...

Historian Tony McMahon delves into humanity’s enduring obsession with prophecies of doom and the mystics, seers and celestial signs we’ve trusted to warn us of the end.

If you have any clear night skies this week, bundle up and get outside to see the best meteor shower of the year!