NEW YORK — The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other. The Quadrantid meteor…
Read more The year’s first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skiesNEW YORK — The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon, bringing glowing streaks to nighttime and early morning skies. Compared to…
Read more Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before ChristmasCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the…
Read more Interstellar comet keeps its distance as it makes its closest approach to EarthCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA unveiled close-up pictures on Wednesday of the interstellar comet that’s making a quick one-and-done tour of the solar system. Discovered over the summer,…
Read more NASA unveils close-up pictures of the comet popping by from another starNEW YORK (AP) — Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere. Both hail from the outer edges…
Read more Two green comets shine bright. How to spot them in the night skyCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor.…
Read more Interstellar comet swinging past Mars as a fleet of spacecraft looks onCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star. Released Thursday, the pictures taken by the Gemini South telescope…
Read more Telescope reveals a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another starWASHINGTON — Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies — and will peak a week apart. The Southern Taurids will reach their zenith early Tuesday…
Read more The Taurid meteor showers peak a week apart in NovemberGet ready for a meteor shower doubleheader. The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks in late July. And this year, it will coincide with a second smaller meteor…
Read more Two meteor showers will flash across the sky around the same time in late JulyNEW YORK — A meteor streaked over the New York City skyline before disintegrating over nearby New Jersey, according to NASA. William Cooke, the head of the space…
Read more A meteor streaked over the NYC skyline before disintegrating over New JerseyPORTLAND, Maine — Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine’s border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground…
Read more Space race! Meteorites hit Maine, museum offers $25K rewardScientists have discovered a new and renewable source of water on the moon for future explorers in lunar samples returned from a Chinese mission ByMARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace…
Read more New source of water found in moon samples from China missionSign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Look in the night sky this…
Read more How to see February’s full snow moon | CNNCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two NASA spacecraft at Mars — one on the surface and the other in orbit — have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact…
Read more Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars
