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

As a comet gets closer to our star, its surface heats up, causing chunks ... of Halley's Comet." Halley's Comet—which measures around 10 miles across—last passed close to Earth and the inner ...

If you're hoping to spot some celestial activity this spring in Texas, two meteor showers will soon give you the chance.

PROF. SIMON SCHAFFER:'Halley collated tables of all the comet observations he could find, 'looking for similarities in their behaviour. 'What direction they came from. 'How close they got to the sun.

The Aussie star came out to bat in the middle in the 7th over; that's when Manjrekar made an astronomy reference in the commentary box and compared Maxwell's batting to Halley's Comet.

Former Indian cricketer and now commentator Sanjay Manjrekar took a cheeky dig at Glenn Maxwell’s inconsistency during the IPL 2025 clash between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR).