The Lyrids are the product of a comet called C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) that has a roughly 422-year orbit around the Sun; their ...

It's officially spring now. A week or so ago I sat in the Adirondack chair outside and soaked up some 73-degree sunshine, ...

April's full moon, the Pink Moon will rise on Sunday, April 13. If you've been looking at the Moon this week, you'll have ...

An example is Halley’s Comet which orbits the Sun every 76 years and is the 'progenitor' of the Orionids. When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed ...

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), a binary star system, will have a rare nova explosion visible to the naked eye for the first time since 1946. Occurring ev ...

The T Coronae Borealis, also known as T CrB, is a recurrent nova that bursts about every 80 years. Astronomers are pointing ...

Exploration has never been a safe occupation. For every significant discovery, there has been sacrifice by those seeking out ...

Gaze up towards the sky sometime this week and ... thus this same characteristic feature of Halley's Comet, repeating itself every 76 years. This gives scientists a chance to forecast and study ...

One of the season’s most anticipated novels by Peter Geye, adventures on the Mississippi, a cold-case mystery and memoirs of a gay veteran are on today’s varied reading menu made up of books ... the ...

Venus, Saturn, and Mercury are full of surprises this month, and they have one more awe-striking display in store. Before ...

The Blaze star, or T Coone Borealis is gearing up for an epic show ... Just like they have one shot at Comet Halley,” Cooke said.Some astronomers have made predictions, even down to the day ...