In the Orion Nebula lies a host of bizarre, teardrop-shaped objects. They look like strange comets, but are in fact evaporating, planet-forming disks around young stars. Astronomers are perplexed by the existence of these disks, because they should have been destroyed long ago. This puzzling nature, however, makes them enticing targets for study — and […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. An unusual horned comet notable for a series of outbursts, nicknamed the “devil comet,” will make its closest approach of Earth on Sunday around 3 a.m. ET. While the comet hasn’t been visible to those in […]
In a year in which we have already been treated to the “Great North American Solar Eclipse” in April and one of the greatest displays of Northern Lights in the past 500 years in May, what other amazing celestial attractions might 2024 have in store for us? How about a bright naked-eye comet? Over the […]
Mars’ moon Phobos may actually be a comet — or at least part of one — that was gravitationally captured by the Red Planet long ago, a new preprint study based on previously unpublished photos suggests. For years, researchers have puzzled over the origins of Phobos and its twin, Deimos. Some have theorized that the […]
In a year in which we have already been treated to the “Great North American Solar Eclipse” in April and one of the greatest displays of Northern Lights in the past 500 years in May, what other amazing celestial attractions might 2024 have in store for us? How about a bright naked-eye comet? Over the […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible. The Eta Aquarids occur every year in early May. This year’s peak activity happens early Sunday with an expected 10 to 30 meteors visible per hour […]
South Carolinians have the best chance to see a meteor shower created by the famous Halley’s Comet this weekend. The Eta Aquariid meteor shower, active between April 15 and May 27, will peak during the mornings of Sunday and Monday, in the hours before dawn. The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is particularly unique, since it […]
Outside of the Kentucky Derby this weekend, there’s one star-studded event that may have escaped your notice. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is expected to peak the evening of Thursday, May 4 and in the early morning hours of Friday, May 5. The meteors are known for their blazing speed and connection to Halley’s Comet. […]
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Jonti Horner is an astronomer and astrobiologist based at the University of Southern Queensland, in Toowoomba, Queensland. Hot on the heels of the disappointing Green Comet, astronomers have just discovered a new comet with the potential to be next […]
The “Devil Comet” will reach peak brightness this weekend as it passes near the sun. The comet, also known as 12P/Pons-Brooks, visits the inner solar system every 71 years and will reach perihelion — the point in its elliptical orbit when it’s closest to the sun — on Sunday (April 21), appearing bright enough to […]
NASA’s space-based solar observatory STEREO-A is keeping a close eye on ‘Devil Comet’ 12P/Pons-Brooks as it prepares to make its closest approach to the sun — known as perihelion — on April 21. In this footage, the comet is passing by Jupiter from the observatory’s perspective, just as a coronal mass ejection (CME), a large […]