Space is littered with cosmic clutter, leaving hardly a clear path for Earth as it orbits the sun. When we pass through this cosmic “garbage,” frozen gas and space dust, it often falls and burns up in our atmosphere resulting in streaks of light—sometimes even spectacular fireballs—known as meteors. Each year, between the period of…
Lyrid Meteor Shower to Break Cosmic ‘Dry Spell,’ Grace Night Sky Mid-April—Here’s All You Need to Know
Green Comet Visible in Australia After 50,000 Years
A green space voyager that may have last been seen by the Neanderthals is making a return 50,000 years on and can now been seen from Australia. Scientists say the Green Comet, named because of its emerald glow, is only one kilometre across but its gaseous tail is as wide as Australia. The closest it…
Green Comet Zooming Our Way, Last Visited 50,000 Years Ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. The dirty snowball will come within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of Earth Wednesday before speeding away again, unlikely to return for millions of years. So do look up, contrary to the title of the killer-comet movie “Don’t Look Up.” Discovered less…
Comet Set to Graze by Earth for First Time in 50,000 Years—Might Be Seen With The Naked Eye
An icy visitor from the far reaches of the solar system is expected to shoot past Earth and the sun in the coming weeks and it might be visible with the unaided human eye. This visitor from afar is a comet believed to have brushed by Earth before—some 50,000 years ago. Discovered in March 2022, the comet…
2 Meteor Showers to Converge for a Late-Summer Light Show in the Night Sky—Here’s What You Need to Know:
What began as a hunk of frozen gas and space dust orbiting the sun 20,000 years ago will soon appear as a light show in the early morning sky. Stargazers will be treated to two distinct meteor showers which converge in late summer and will soon make their yearly rendezvous again. The famous Perseid meteor shower and…
Comet Hunter Snaps Unbelievable Aurora Ribbon, Neowise, Milky Way Panorama of a Lifetime in Rocky Mountains
Life is about the journey, not the destination. And Stanley Aryanto is really enjoying the view along the way. The avid award-winning photographer, 34, from Indonesia witnessed an astronomical event few could fathom: a night set in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, capturing green and purple “dancing” skies, the rare Neowise comet, and a stunning tapestry…
‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Bigger Than Empire State Building to Whiz by Earth on Jan 18—Here’s What You Need to Know:
A gargantuan space rock over 2.5 times the size of the Empire State Building is set to whiz past planet Earth on Jan. 18, 2022—not unlike the one that, some theorize, put an end to the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago. But fear not! Despite the object’s official NASA designation as “potentially hazardous,” the…
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